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News Article | October 20, 2015
Arbitrator Hammers USPS in Maintenance Staffing Case
The APWU won an important grievance involving Maintenance Craft staffing at Bulk Mail Centers on Oct. 19, when Arbitrator Ira Jaffe issued a stinging rebuke to the Postal Service.
News Article | October 19, 2015
APWU: Don’t Post Health Records Online
The APWU is discouraging union members from participating in a voluntary program established by the Postal Service that creates an online database of their health records, APWU President Mark Dimondstein has announced. “Last year’s cyber attack on the Postal Service demonstrates the danger in postin...
News Article | October 19, 2015
OIG Recommends Putting a Hold on Plant Closures
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. According to the alert, the Postal Service failed to meet even the degraded service standards management implem...
News Article | October 19, 2015
OIG Recommends Putting a Hold on Plant Closures
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. According to the alert, the Postal Service failed to meet even the degraded service standards management implem...
News Article | October 16, 2015
APWU: Don’t Post Health Records Online
The APWU is discouraging union members from participating in a voluntary program established by the Postal Service that creates an online database of their health records, APWU President Mark Dimondstein has announced.
News Article | October 14, 2015
‘It Was Electric’
Senator Bernie Sanders Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders thrilled APWU members attending the union’s All-Craft Conference in Las Vegas on Oct. 14. “It was electric,” said APWU President Mark Dimondstein of the response to Sanders’ speech. Sanders told the audience of approximately 2,000 APWU me...
News Article | October 9, 2015
Negotiators Reach a Deal on TPP – Alliance Members Focus on Stopping it
October 09, 2015 After five years of secret negotiations, representatives from 12 countries came to an agreement on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) on Monday. If implemented, the deal would allow drug companies to lock in patent protections on critical medications for seniors, making it more d...
News Article | October 9, 2015
How the Other Half Banks
Mehrsa Baradaran The APWU and the National Association of Letter Carriers hosted author Mehrsa Baradaran at the AFL-CIO on Oct. 7, where she spoke about her book, How the Other Half Banks. The event was held on behalf of the Campaign for Postal Banking. Baradaran presented a spirited indictment of A...
News Article | October 9, 2015
e-Team Report, Oct. 9, 2015
The movement demanding an end to delayed mail gained a powerful ally – the California State Legislature. Recently, the legislative body which represents one-eighth of all Americans took a strong stand against cuts to mail service in passing Joint Resolution 11: The Legislature urges the United State...
News Article | October 8, 2015
APWU, USPS Resolve Dispute over Forced Bids in Motor Vehicle Craft
The APWU and USPS have signed an agreement that prohibits management from initiating the posting of annual bids in the Motor Vehicle Service Craft pursuant to any audit review, Assistant Director Javier E. Piñeres has announced.
News Article | October 7, 2015
Union, Management Agree to Extend 50-Mile Limit on Excessing
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 Labor Relations. The original MOU, Minimizing Excessing, which was slated to expire with the 2010 contrac...
News Article | October 6, 2015
Training Motivates Organizers in California
Responding to a call for a membership drive by the California Postal Workers Union, the Organization Department presented training sessions in “dynamic organizing” and “door-to-door visitation.”
News Article | October 6, 2015
Training Motivates Organizers in California
Responding to a call for a membership drive by the California Postal Workers Union, the Organization Department presented training sessions in “dynamic organizing” and “door-to-door visitation.”
News Article | October 5, 2015
Ramping Up for Safety Campaign
Declaring that “there are far too many serious safety problems at post offices and facilities,” APWU President Mark Dimondstein and Industrial Relations Director Tony D. McKinnon Sr. are calling on union members across the country to launch a Safety Awareness and Enforcement Campaign in mid-October....
News Article | October 2, 2015
APWU Joins Civil Rights, Financial Reform Groups Urging Senate to Reject Nominees to USPS Board of Governors
The APWU joined civil rights groups, labor organizations and financial reform groups on Sept. 30 in urging Senate leaders to reject a slate of nominees to the USPS Board of Governors. In a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Minority Leader Harry Reid, they wrote, “Our organizations...