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News Article | March 14, 2012
Union to Develop New Web-Based Grievance System
The APWU is developing a new web-based grievance system to improve the efficiency of our grievance procedure, and plans are underway to begin a pilot to test the program in August.
News Article | March 13, 2012
USPS Hasn’t Considered Combined Effect of Proposed Changes
In response to a motion filed by the APWU, the Postal Service admitted March 9 that it has not considered the combined effect of several of its major proposals.
Press Release | March 13, 2012
APWU Launches Next Phase of Television Ad Campaign
APWU Launches Next Phase of Television Ad Campaign
News Article | March 13, 2012
APWU Launches Next Phase of Television Ad Campaign
The APWU is launching the next phase of its television ad campaign, with spots to begin airing on CNN, MSNBC, and FOX News on Wednesday March 14, President Cliff Guffey has announced. The ads also will appear in a limited run on NBC Nightly News. In the new ads, postal workers and customers talk ab...
News Article | March 13, 2012
APWU Launches Next Phase Of Television Ad Campaign
The APWU is launching the next phase of its television ad campaign, with spots to begin airing on CNN, MSNBC, and FOX News on Wednesday March 14, President Cliff Guffey has announced.
News Article | March 8, 2012
Latest USPS Announcement on Consolidation Raises More Questions than It Answers
The Postal Service’s announcement on March 7 that it would suspend consolidation of mail processing and distribution centers during the “election mailing season” seems to have raised more questions than it answered.
News Article | March 5, 2012
MSPB Issues Precedent-Setting Decision in NRP Cases
Postal workers who were injured on the job won an important victory on Feb. 24, when the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) issued a precedent-setting decision in the case of James C. Latham et al v USPS. The ruling has important implications for postal workers who were affected by the Postal Ser...
News Article | March 2, 2012
DOL Releases New Online Tool For Workers’ Compensation Claims
The Employees' Compensation Operations and Management Portal (ECOMP) is the newest on-line tool created by the Office of Worker’s Compensation Programs (OWCP) to assist with claims processing and tracking.
News Article | March 1, 2012
How Many Postal Workers Will Consolidations Affect?
The Postal Service’s recent announcement that it has approved 223 mail processing facilities for consolidation has prompted questions about how many employees in the various crafts and areas will be affected.
News Article | February 29, 2012
Pecan Shellers’ Strike Sparked Hispanic Workers’ Movement
In Depression-era south Texas, a young Mexican-American woman broke tradition when she stood up for oppressed workers in her community and made an important contribution to the fight for social justice. Vilified by the conservative establishment that controlled San Antonio, she became a beloved lead...
News Article | February 24, 2012
Tom Maier Appointed Assistant Legislative Director
Clerk Craft National Business Agent Tom Maier has been appointed to serve as the union’s Legislative and Political Assistant Director. He replaces Steve Albanese, who retired at the end of 2011.
News Article | February 23, 2012
APWU Members Must Continue the Fight!
The Postal Service’s announcement on Feb. 23 that it has approved 223 mail processing plants for consolidation leaves union members just one option, APWU President Cliff Guffey said: We must continue the fight!“That means getting Congress to act now to Save America’s Postal Service,” he said.
News Article | February 22, 2012
APWU Continues to Oppose Plan To Slash Service, Jobs, Network
(Updated Feb. 23, 2012) As the Postal Service notifies employees whether their mail processing plants will be consolidated beginning in mid-May, the APWU is fighting back.
News Article | February 21, 2012
New Hires to Pay More, Current Workers Still Threatened
Current postal and federal employees won’t have to pay more for their retirement benefits in order to fund an extension of the 2 percent payroll-tax holiday passed by the Congress last week, but new government workers will be required to pay 1.5 percent more to fund another portion of the bill, whic...
News Article | February 17, 2012
USPS Five-Year Plan: Doomed to Fail
The Postal Service’s latest five-year plan, which it announced with great fanfare on Feb. 16, is “a warmed-over menu of proposals that are doomed to fail,” said APWU President Cliff Guffey.