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Press Release | September 22, 2009

Fact & Fiction: The US Postal Service

Fact & Fiction: The US Postal Service

News Article | August 29, 2009

Monetary Incentive Negotiated For Retirement, Separation

APWU-represented employees who retire or separate on or before Nov. 30, 2009, will receive a monetary incentive of $15,000, in accordance with an agreement negotiated by the union. ALSO: With the Senate expected to vote soon on S. 1507, a bill that would be devastating to postal workers, APWU Presid...

News Article | August 25, 2009

Union Negotiates Monetary Incentive For Retirements, Separations

APWU-represented employees who retire or separate on or before Nov. 30, 2009, will receive a monetary incentive of $15,000, in accordance with an agreement negotiated by the union.

News Article | August 11, 2009

USPS, APWU-Represented Nurses Implement April Arbitration Award

Two retroactive raises that were reflected in APWU-represented nurses’ paychecks last month are among the features of an April arbitration award, with a third salary increase to take effect later this month.

News Article | August 10, 2009

Vote Delayed on Bill To Undermine Pay and Benefits

The Senate adjourned for its August recess without voting on a bill that would be devastating for postal workers.

News Article | August 6, 2009

Give-and-Take On the Coburn Amendment

In a question-and-answer session following testimony on Aug. 6 before a Senate subcommittee, APWU President William Burrus and NALC President Fredric Rolando were asked why postal unions object to the amendment to S. 1507 that was offered by Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK).

News Article | July 31, 2009

Union Calls for Campaign to Defeat Anti-Postal Worker Senate Bill

APWU President William Burrus has called on locals and state organizations to organize opposition to a Senate bill that contains a provision that would be catastrophic for postal workers. ALSO: Burrus: USPS Initiatives Are Acts of Surrender. Closing stations and branches and reducing mail delivery t...

News Article | July 30, 2009

Union Calls for Campaign To Defeat Anti-Postal Worker Senate Bill

APWU President William Burrus has called on APWU locals and state organizations to organize opposition to a Senate bill that contains a provision that would be devastating to postal workers.

News Article | July 29, 2009

APWU: Amendment to Senate Bill Hurts Workers

An amendment to a bill to provide temporary financial relief to the cash-strapped Postal Service was adopted by a Senate committee July 29, rendering the bill unacceptable to the APWU.

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 | 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 10, 2009

APWU Assails Office of the Inspector General On Custodial Subcontracting Recommendations

APWU President William Burrus has strenuously objected to a recommendation in a recent audit by the USPS Office of the Inspector General that “blatantly urges postal management to seek an end to restrictions in the Collective Bargaining Agreement on custodial subcontracting.”

News Article | May 15, 2009

APWU, Mail Hauler Agree to One-Month Contract Extension

The APWU and the private-sector mail-haul firm Pat Salmon & Sons have agreed to a one-month extension of a contract covering more than 500 drivers. The collective bargaining agreement in effect since Aug. 30, 2006, had been set to expire May 15.

News Article | December 19, 2008

Union Files Second ‘Dispute’ Over Two-Tour Initiative

The APWU has filed a second Step 4 dispute protesting the Postal Service’s nationwide program to eliminate or drastically reduce Tour 2 assignments and employees. The dispute, filed Dec. 16, is a companion to another Step 4 protest  filed the same day, and recaps many of the allegations made by the...

News Article | December 3, 2008

Arbitrator Rules Tour 1 Casuals May Work After 5 a.m.

In a national-level award, Arbitrator Shyam Das has ruled that Tour 1 casuals may continue to work past 5 a.m., concluding that the intent of the 2006-2010 Collective Bargaining Agreement is to prevent management from assigning casuals starting times between the hours of 5 a.m. and noon. The dispute...