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News Article | September 11, 2014
Dispute on Custodial Staffing Settled; More Than 3,150 PSEs Converted
The APWU and USPS signed a major settlement on July 9 that resolved a long-standing dispute over custodial staffing and resulted in the conversion to career of all Maintenance Craft Postal Support Employees. It was not an agreement we entered into lightly. The agreement stipulates that the MS-47 Han...
News Article | September 11, 2014
Setting Priorities, Mobilizing Members For Contract Negotiations
On the final day of the APWU 22nd Biennial National Convention in July, delegates adopted a resolution that spells out priorities for upcoming contract negotiations with the USPS, which are set to begin in February. The Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) expires in May 2015. After voting to adopt...
News Article | August 20, 2014
USPS Guilty of Bad Faith, Unlawful Tactics
The Postal Service engaged in delaying tactics that constituted an unlawful refusal to provide the APWU with information about the agency’s deal with Staples, an NLRB judge wrote in an Aug. 13 decision. The USPS “did not want to provide the requested materials and was throwing straw arguments and ro...
News Article | August 12, 2014
IT-AS Members Ratify New Contract
APWU members in the IT-Accounting Services Centers (AS) ratified a new Collective Bargaining Agreement by a vote of 592 to 38 in voting that ended Aug. 7, Support Services Director Steve Brooks has announced. The new agreement, which covers approximately 1,100 employees, was signed on Aug. 8 and too...
News Article | July 31, 2014
Danny Glover Tells Convention: ‘I’m In!’
Actor Danny Glover gave an impassioned speech on the final day of the APWU’s 22nd Biennial Convention, declaring that he would be part of the fight to keep the Postal Service in the hands of the people.
News Article | July 31, 2014
Resolution Sets Goals for Contract Negotiations
On July 25, the last day of the APWU’s 22nd Biennial National Convention, delegates adopted a resolution that spells out the priorities for the upcoming contract negotiations with the USPS.
News Article | July 23, 2014
‘Fighting for our Survival’
“We’re fighting for our lives, fighting for our very survival” said Motor Vehicle Director Michael Foster on Saturday, July 19 in his report at the opening of the MVS Craft Conference in Chicago. “Contracting out of Postal Vehicle Services (PVS) and Vehicle Maintenance Services (VMF) continue to be...
News Article | July 23, 2014
‘The U.S. Mail Is Not for Sale’
Thousands of convention delegates and postal supporters, including leaders of the Chicago Teachers Union, protested the privatization of the USPS at a Staples store in the Chicago Loop on Tuesday.
News Article | July 23, 2014
Clerk Craft Focuses on Resolutions, MOUs
The 2014 Clerk Craft Convention ended on Sunday, July 20 after two days of spirited debate. The delegates moved through 45 resolutions submitted by local and state organizations that were reviewed by the Clerk Craft Committee chaired by Elena White of the Trenton Metro Area Local.
News Article | July 23, 2014
Support Services: Successful Negotiations
Prior to the start of the 2014 Bienniel Convention in Chicago, members of the Support Services Division discussed three successful contract negotiations in 2014.
News Article | July 11, 2014
Maintenance Craft Settles Dispute on Custodial Staffing; Will Convert More Than 3,150 PSEs
The APWU and USPS signed a major settlement July 9 that resolves a long-standing dispute over custodial staffing and results in the conversion to career of all Maintenance Craft Postal Support Employees, Maintenance Craft Director Steve Raymer has announced.
News Article | July 8, 2014
APWU, USPS Reach Tentative Agreement for IT/AS Employees
The APWU and USPS have reached a tentative agreement on a contract for employees in the IT and Accounting Services (AS) units. Union members will have the opportunity to vote to ratify or reject the agreement. Details of the ratification process are expected to be announced July 9.
News Article | July 1, 2014
Maintenance Sets Process For PSE Conversion to Career
On March 20, 2014, President Mark Dimondstein signed a memorandum of understanding with the USPS on Filling Residual Vacancies. The title sounds innocuous enough, but the agreement is an extremely important step forward for APWU members.
News Article | July 1, 2014
Taking It to The Streets!
Wow! It was great to be out in the streets of Washington, DC with 200+ APWU members and other union leaders and activists on April 24, the National Day of Action to Stop Staples.
News Article | April 28, 2014
APWU Members at B&B Trucking Ratify Tentative Agreement
Members of the Great Lakes Area Mail Haulers Local APWU have voted to ratify a Tentative Agreement reached on March 29. Contract ratification ballots were mailed to the 100 APWU members of the local; 62 were returned, with 34 voting in favor of the agreement and 20 voting against. Eight ballots we...