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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.
News Article | December 30, 2013
United Parcel Service Christmas Debacle Shows Why We Need a Public Postal Service
The failure of United Parcel Service to deliver holiday packages by Christmas demonstrates the importance of the U.S. Postal Service to the people of the country, says APWU President Mark Dimondstein.
News Article | December 23, 2013
Tell the PRC About Delayed Mail
Businesses, customers and APWU members who have complaints about delayed mail should be sure to let the Postal Regulatory Commission know, says Debby Szeredy, the union’s executive vice president.
News Article | December 18, 2013
Dimondstein Appears on ‘The Ed Show’
APWU President Mark Dimondstein appeared on The Ed Show on MSNBC Dec. 18 to discuss the campaign to protect the USPS as a public service.
News Article | December 18, 2013
Using Postal Drivers Can Save Money, Secure Jobs
A recent test in Louisville KY shows that the USPS can save money and preserve postal jobs by combining truck routes currently run by contractors with routes run by Postal Vehicle Service employees, says Motor Vehicle Service Craft Director Michael O. Foster.
News Article | December 17, 2013
Senate Panel Postpones Consideration of Postal Bill
A Senate committee has postponed consideration of a controversial postal bill that was condemned by postal unions and others. Members of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs were scheduled to meet on Dec. 18 to act on S. 1486, which was introduced by Sen. Tom Carper (D-...