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News Article | October 17, 2008
Live Life Well!
APWU Health Plan has increased benefits for both the Consumer Driven Option and High Option for 2009, but has kept premium costs low. When you enroll in APWU Health Plan this Open Season, you’ll save money and get a top-quality plan, too. New for 2009: Both the Consumer Driven Option and High Option...
News Article | October 16, 2008
D.D. Johnson Wins Motor Vehicle NBA Election
News Article | October 16, 2008
Retirees to Get Big Cost-of-Living Raise
Postal and federal workers who retired under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) will soon receive the largest cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in more than 25 years, and the COLA for the Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS) is its largest COLA ever, according to information released by...
News Article | October 9, 2008
APWU Activists Work to ‘Defend Our BMCs’
The APWU “Defend Our BMCs Committee,” which was established to combat USPS attempts to privatize work at the nation’s 21 Bulk Mail Centers, has made its first inroads into the legislative arena, meeting with aides to both of New Jersey’s U.S. senators in early October.
News Article | October 7, 2008
Campaign in Full Swing in NC
APWU members in North Carolina found the presidential campaign on their doorstep over the weekend as Barack Obama visited the western part of the state. Obama spoke to an overflowing crowd of 28,000 at Asheville High School's Memorial Stadium on Sunday, Oct. 5, and made a surprise appearance at a De...
News Article | October 6, 2008
Nine More U.S. Reps. Co-Sponsor Mail Network Protection Act
In the month of September, nine more members of the U.S. House of Representatives signed on to the Mail Network Protection Act (H.R. 4236), a bill that would limit wasteful, inefficient, and detrimental subcontracting practices by the U.S. Postal Service. The total number of co-sponsors now stands a...
News Article | October 6, 2008
Voter Registration Deadlines Approach
Oct. 6 is the voter registration deadline in seven states, with the cut-off date approaching in many others. States with an Oct. 6 deadline include Florida, Colorado, Indiana, and Virginia, which are considered “battleground states.” Georgia, Arizona, and Kentucky also close their voting rolls Oct....
News Article | September 24, 2008
Nurses’ Contract Headed for Interest Arbitration
The union and the Postal Service have agreed to submit to an interest arbitrator disputed contract issues for APWU-represented postal nurses. The Collective Bargaining Agreement between the National Postal Professional Nurses-APWU and the USPS expired Aug. 20, 2007. The parties met several times las...
News Article | September 24, 2008
Department of Labor Extends Voting Deadline
In a notice to APWU members who are eligible to vote in the re-run election for Motor Vehicle Division National Business Agent, Southern Region, Southwest Sub-Region, the Department of Labor announces an extension of the balloting deadline. Ballots are now due back no later than 10:45 a.m. (EST) on...
News Article | September 22, 2008
APWU Representatives Gain Access to USPS PolicyNet
The APWU has reached agreement with the Postal Service on a method for granting union representatives at the state and local levels direct access to USPS PolicyNet. PolicyNet is the portion of the Postal Service intranet (Blue) that contains handbooks, manuals, Management Instructions, publications...
News Article | September 22, 2008
Getting the Job Done in Maine
APWU members all across the country are on the front lines in the fight to elect a president and members of Congress who will stand up for working families by participating in Labor 2008, the AFL-CIO's political education and action program. In Maine, Portland Area Local members are making phone ca...
News Article | September 19, 2008
Duplicates Available for Those Who Have Not Received Ballots
In a notice to APWU members who are eligible to vote in the re-run election for Motor Vehicle Division National Business Agent, Southern Region, Southwest Sub-Region, the Department of Labor announces that if you have not received your ballot, or if your ballot was lost or destroyed, you may request...
News Article | September 18, 2008
APWU Members Lead Washington Protest of DHL
More than 50 APWU members, community activists, and other representatives of the Ohio-based “Save The Jobs, Save Our Community” coalition staged a protest of DHL business practices Sept. 17 at the German Embassy in
News Article | September 15, 2008
Congressman, Postal Workers Protest BMC Privatization
Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-PA) joined more than 100 postal workers and their families at a press conference outside the Philadelphia Bulk Mail Center Sept. 12, protesting plans to privatize operations at the nation’s 21 BMCs. Outsourcing the work would hurt service and result in a loss of union jobs, th...
News Article | September 12, 2008
APWU Youth Make Unionism ‘A Family Affair’
The APWU Women's Organizing Committee has announced the winners of the union's "Make it a Family Affair" creativity contest, reports APWU Regional Coordinator Liz Powell, the panel's chairwoman. The contest — designed to promote among our youth a better understanding of the vital role unions and the...