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News Article | July 27, 2009
National Healthcare Call-In Day July 28
Union members across the nation will begin calling their U.S. representatives on Tuesday, July 28, to demand that the House pass comprehensive healthcare reform legislation, now!
News Article | July 24, 2009
FERS Sick-Leave Credit Removed from Senate Bill
The campaign to win sick-leave credit for workers who retire under the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) suffered a blow July 23, when an amendment granting the benefit was withdrawn from the 2010 Defense Authorization bill.
News Article | July 16, 2009
APWU Seeks Quick Action on Healthcare Measure
APWU President William Burrus is asking union members to encourage their legislators to support healthcare reform bills adopted by key House and Senate committees July 14 and 15.
News Article | July 16, 2009
Postal Unions Seek White House Intervention
The presidents of the four major postal unions have asked the White House to address the “deepening crisis” facing the Postal Service, asserting that “the Obama administration must intervene now to avoid both a political and economic train wreck.”
News Article | July 10, 2009
House Committee Approves HR 22
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee unanimously approved H.R. 22 on July 10, clearing the way for consideration of the measure by the full House.
News Article | July 9, 2009
Area Mail Processing Plans: Locals Fight Back
APWU locals around the country have been busy fighting the consolidation of Processing & Distribution Centers — even as the Postal Service announced it was considering consolidating more than 3,200 of the nation’s larger stations and branches.
News Article | July 1, 2009
Consolidating Stations
At a meeting at USPS Headquarters on June 23, the Postal Service briefed APWU officers of the Clerk, Maintenance, and Motor Vehicle Crafts [ PDF | Powerpoint presentation] about plans to consolidate operations in large stations and branches.
News Article | June 30, 2009
Sports Unions Work to Level the Playing Field
Although their average salary is considerably higher and their “work year” is much shorter, members of the nation’s four major sports unions share much in common with their counterparts in other industries, especially the historical basis for their creation: Poor wages and unfair working conditions.
News Article | June 29, 2009
Repairs Times Not a Basis for Discipline
(06/29/09) Although Arbitrator Shyam Das officially denied an APWU grievance protesting the Postal Service’s Preventative Maintenance Inspection Program recently, his ruling was a victory for the APWU nonetheless.
News Article | June 26, 2009
Drive for Sick-Leave Credit Gains New Life
The drive to win sick-leave credit for postal and federal workers covered by the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) was revived June 25, when the House of Representatives included the benefit in the 2010 Defense Authorization measure.
News Article | June 25, 2009
Unions Rally for Healthcare, Now!
APWU members from as far away as Philadelphia and Florida joined thousands of other union members and healthcare advocates at a rally June 25 to demand that Congress pass legislation that provides quality care for all.
News Article | June 24, 2009
Key House Panel Passes HR 22
A House subcommittee has approved an amended version of H.R. 22, legislation that would provide temporary relief from a provision of the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act that requires the Postal Service to prefund the healthcare benefits of future retirees.
News Article | June 22, 2009
APWU on Five-Day Delivery: Don’t Do It!
The APWU has given a straightforward response to a USPS request for input regarding five-day mail delivery: “Don’t do it!”
News Article | June 19, 2009
APWU Endorses Trumka for AFL-CIO President
The APWU National Executive Board has endorsed Richard Trumka for president of the AFL-CIO, the nation’s largest labor federation.
Press Release | June 19, 2009
APWU Endorses Trumka for AFL-CIO President
APWU Endorses Trumka for AFL-CIO President