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News Article | January 23, 2014
Making the Point in Pittsburgh
Members of Pittsburgh Metro Area Local paid visits to the three largest Staples stores near Pittsburgh on Jan. 22 to protest the retail supply chain’s decision to open postal retail units staffed by non-USPS employees.
News Article | January 23, 2014
CA Locals Make the Rounds
APWU leaders in California recently finished visiting dozens of Staples Outlets near San Francisco to deliver the union’s message: Opening postal retail units staffed by non-USPS employees is a disservice to postal workers and the nation’s mail service.
News Article | January 21, 2014
Is Staples Cheating Its Employees?
Is Staples guilty of chronically cheating its employees out of their hard-earned wages?
News Article | January 17, 2014
e-Team Report, Jan. 17, 2014
Congress Approves HR 3547 -- Awaiting Presidential Signature Ranking Member of Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee to Retire Mid-Term Legislative Updates: S. 316/H.R.630, Postal Service Protection Act H.R. 961, United States Postal Service Stabilization Act H.R. 3801, Issa’s 5-Day De...
News Article | January 17, 2014
Union Delivers the Message At Bay Area Staples Stores
APWU leaders in California recently delivered the union’s message to 13 Staples stores in the San Francisco Bay area: Opening postal retail units staffed by non-USPS employees is a disservice to postal workers and the nation’s mail service.
News Article | January 16, 2014
Postal Workers and Customers Deserve Better
Local union leaders are winning allies for the union’s campaign against a pilot program that placed postal retail centers in more than 80 Staples stores, reports Northeast Region Coordinator John Dirzius.
News Article | January 16, 2014
OTDL Employees on Penalty Overtime To be Priority-Scheduled over Casuals
In a decision issued Nov. 19, 2013, Arbitrator Shyam Das sustained the APWU’s position that full-time employees on the Overtime Desired List (OTDL) must be scheduled for overtime ahead of casual employees on overtime, even if the OTDL employees would earn penalty pay.
News Article | January 16, 2014
Illinois Local Delivers the Message
Postal workers in Springfield IL delivered a letter to the city’s Staples franchise on Jan. 14 voicing opposition to the retail chain’s plans for opening pilot postal retail units staffed by non-USPS employees in more than 80 Staple stores.
News Article | January 15, 2014
NJ Local Doesn’t Just ‘Mail it In’
The North Jersey Area Local sent a delegation to the Staples store in Totowa on Jan. 14 to express the union’s displeasure with the pilot that establishes postal counters in more than 80 stores in four areas — California, Atlanta, Central Massachusetts and Pittsburgh.
News Article | January 14, 2014
Charlotte Local Heeds the Call
Members of the Charlotte (NC) Area Local visited three Staples stores on Jan. 14, to deliver letters protesting the establishment of postal retail units staffed by low-wage, non-union, non-postal workers.
News Article | January 13, 2014
Life Insurance Beneficiaries May Be Due Additional Payments
APWU has been asked to notify our members of a private class-action lawsuit on behalf of beneficiaries of certain deceased postal employees.
News Article | January 9, 2014
New York Metro Sends Delegations to Staples
The APWU’s New York Metro Area Local sent delegations to three Staples stores on Jan. 8 and 9 to deliver letters protesting the establishment of postal retail units staffed by low-wage, non-union, non-postal workers.
News Article | January 6, 2014
Delegations to Staples Stores to Protest Postal Retail Units
Local, state and retiree chapter presidents across the country are preparing to send delegations to Staples stores in their communities to protest the establishment of postal retail units staffed by low-wage, non-union, non-postal employees. ALSO: The failure of United Parcel Service and FedEx to de...
News Article | January 3, 2014
Assistant Clerk Director Krueth Retires
APWU Assistant Clerk Craft Director Lyle Krueth retired on Jan. 3, ending a career that spanned more than three decades.
News Article | December 31, 2013
APWU Helps Usher in the End of Apartheid
Twenty years ago South Africa held its first free and fair election. Amid violent attacks by groups seeking to disrupt the historic vote, a delegation of APWU representatives traveled to South Africa to act as election observers.