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News Article | November 1, 2015
A Change of Heart for the NLRB?
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) In a string of recent decisions, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has ruled decisively in favor of workers. As a result, President Barack Obama may end up doing more for workers than an...
News Article | November 1, 2015
Standing Up, Fighting Back: A Job Well Done
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) With a great sense of pride, I take this opportunity to recognize the hard work and dedication of our local and state leaders and National Business Agents in the Northeast Region. Their continui...
News Article | November 1, 2015
Union Settles Dispute on CDLs for Technicians
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The union and management resolved a dispute in august concerning the Postal Service’s decision in April 2002 to waive the Commercial Driver’s License requirement for applicants for Automotive Me...
News Article | November 1, 2015
Fighting On for A Good Contract
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) This year, we have dedicated ourselves to negotiating a successor to the 2010 Collective Bargaining Agreement, which expired in May. The Feb. 19 opening session demonstrated our approach to this...
News Article | November 1, 2015
Lessons of a $56 Million Settlement
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) At the end of the summer, the clerk division announced the criteria for distributing the $56 million monetary portion of the settlement that resolved a decades-long dispute over postmasters and...
News Article | November 1, 2015
Management’s New BEM Motto: Run to Failure!
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The Postal Service has notified the APWU of management’s intent to move forward with proposed changes to the MS-1 Handbook, which identifies the duties and establishes the staffing for the “buil...
News Article | November 1, 2015
Workers Strike Against Anti-Union Governments
Finnish workers protesting. (This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Protesting their government’s right-wing, anti-union agenda, workers in India and Finland went on strike in September. On Sept. 2, approximately 150 million Indian wo...
News Article | November 1, 2015
Support Grows for Labor Unions
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) After years of declining strength and support, labor unions are regaining popularity. More than half of Americans – 58 percent – said they approve of labor unions, according to a recent Gallup P...
News Article | November 1, 2015
Meeting the Training Challenge
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The APWU has 875 chartered local and state unions in the U.S., Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and Guam, and each one of them has officers who are elected to be custodians of the union’s funds....
News Article | November 1, 2015
Making Sure America Unites to Save Our Public Postal Service
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) How can we make sure America unites with us to stop the destruction of the public Postal Service? We need to make support for the people’s Postal Service an issue in the presidential race. We wa...
News Article | November 1, 2015
50-Mile Limit on Excessing Extended
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The APWU and USPS agreed to extend the 50-mile limit on excessing in a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dated Sept. 28, signed by APWU President Mark Dimondstein and the USPS Vice President for...
News Article | November 1, 2015
Fighting On for A Good Contract
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) This year, we have dedicated ourselves to negotiating a successor to the 2010 Collective Bargaining Agreement, which expired in May. The Feb. 19 opening session demonstrated our approach to this...
News Article | November 1, 2015
A Woman’s Place is in Her Union.
New POWER Coordinators with Joyce Robinson: Charlotte Hiatt, Linda Terry, Robinson, Betty James-Leaks, Michelle Boulware, and Tracy Blakely. (This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) APWU members from across the country cheered the them...
News Article | November 1, 2015
OIG Recommends Putting a Hold on Plant Closures
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) APWU predictions that lower service standards would wreak havoc on mail delivery were substantiated in a “Management Alert” issued by the USPS Office of Inspector General (OIG) on Aug. 13.
News Article | November 1, 2015
Making Sure America Unites to Save Our Public Postal Service
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) How can we make sure America unites with us to stop the destruction of the public Postal Service? We need to make support for the people’s Postal Service an issue in the presidential race. We wa...