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News Article | October 26, 2012
e-Team Report, Oct. 26, 2012
APWU 2012 Elections Central 1-866-OUR-VOTE GOP Operative Trashes Voter Registration Forms Buttons & Bumper Stickers He Said What? Mitt Romney In His Own Words
News Article | October 24, 2012
Hearing Set on Union Request for Injunction On Subcontracting of Motor Vehicle Jobs
A hearing has been scheduled for Nov. 9 on the APWU’s request for an injunction to stop the USPS from contracting out all Postal Vehicle Service operations in California. The USPS has notified the union that beginning Nov. 17 it intends to replace postal truck drivers with drivers employed by contra...
News Article | October 19, 2012
APWU Health Plan, Your HealthCare Companion
This Open Season, let the APWU Health Plan be your healthcare companion. The APWU Health Plan offers exclusive premiums for union members and innovative value-based benefits that provide members financial incentives to get and stay well. As a department of the APWU, the APWU Health Plan is the only...
News Article | October 18, 2012
Employees To Receive Incentive Offers by Oct. 22
The APWU has been informed by the Postal Service that letters offering incentives to APWU-represented employees who are eligible for voluntary early retirement (VER) were mailed on Oct. 10, 2012, and to employees eligible for regular retirement shortly after.
News Article | October 17, 2012
Union Files Suit To Stop Motor Vehicle Subcontracting in California
The APWU filed suit in federal court in California on Oct. 16 seeking an injunction to stop the USPS from contracting out all Postal Vehicle Service operations in the state.
News Article | October 16, 2012
e-Team Report, Oct. 16, 2012
Obama Buttons, Flyers Now Available Romney's Bain Selling Out American Workers to China Romney Blasts Employee Free Choice Act GAO Finds No Evidence of Voter Fraud Your Vote Gotta Vote
News Article | October 15, 2012
APWU, USPS Sign Agreement For Offices Without a Local Union Structure
The APWU signed an updated agreement Oct. 12, 2012, for Members-at-Large who work in small post offices that are not represented by a local union.
News Article | October 15, 2012
Women Vote 2012
The outcome of this year’s election will have a decisive impact on the rights of all working people, and as union members, we can help ensure that every voice is heard.
News Article | October 11, 2012
Obama Buttons, Flyers Now Available
The APWU is mailing buttons supporting the re-election of President Barack Obama to locals for distribution to union members and others, Legislative and Political Director Myke Reid has announced.
News Article | October 11, 2012
Atlanta Local Registers New Voters
The Atlanta Metro Area Local threw a “vote party” on Oct. 6 and 7 to encourage union members and community residents to register to vote and to support pro-worker candidates in next month’s elections.
News Article | October 10, 2012
Incentive Letters to be Sent Beginning Oct. 10
The USPS is scheduled to send letters offering incentives to APWU-represented employees who are eligible for regular retirement or voluntary early retirement (VER) during the week of Oct. 10. The letter and additional information will be mailed to employees at their home address of record.
News Article | October 10, 2012
Clerk Craft Challenges Plan To Transfer Time & Attendance Work
The APWU is challenging a Postal Service decision to transfer duties of Time and Attendance Control System (TACS) clerks to another bargaining unit.
News Article | October 2, 2012
PRC Urges USPS To Preserve Overnight Delivery
In an advisory opinion on the Postal Service’s “Network Rationalization” plan issued Sept. 28, the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) urged the Postal Service to preserve overnight mail delivery and concluded that ”there is a point in the Postal Service’s cost curve beyond which the additional savin...
News Article | October 2, 2012
OSHA Cites Tucson Postal Facility for Exposing Workers to Potential Injuries
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited the Cherrybell Stravenue Processing and Distribution Center in Tucson Sept. 25 for a willful safety violation for the improper operation of a powered industrial truck.
News Article | October 1, 2012
APWU, USPS Negotiate Retirement Incentive
The APWU has negotiated a retirement incentive agreement that awards eligible full-time career employees a $15,000 payment in two installments, President Cliff Guffey has announced. The first installment will be $10,000; the second will be $5,000.