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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...
News Article | September 10, 2008
Early-Retirement Info Wrong, Burrus Tells Postal Service
APWU President William Burrus has notified the Postal Service of significant errors in information the USPS provided to employees eligible for Voluntary Early Retirement (VER), and has requested management’s “immediate attention to these matters” so that employees do not suffer irrevocable harm as a...
News Article | September 4, 2008
Burrus to Maintenance, Motor Vehicle Employees: Don’t Go!
With news that the Postal Service will offer Voluntary Early Retirement (VER) to Motor Vehicle Services and Maintenance Craft employees — except Electronic Technicians — APWU President William Burrus is reiterating his advice to union members: DON’T GO! “My reasoning is simple,” he said. “Every APW...
News Article | September 3, 2008
APWU Offers Campaign Material In Support of Obama’s Candidacy
With enthusiasm for Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign for president running high among postal workers, the APWU is offering a wealth of material online to support his candidacy. Locals and state organizations that wish to assist in Obama’s historic run for the White House can order posters, bumper stick...
News Article | August 31, 2008
Andrew Furuseth: ‘The Abe Lincoln of the Sea’
The struggles of workers aboard commercial ships have seldom received much public attention, but some of history’s worst employment practices occurred at sea, where sailors were often subject to forced labor, brutal discipline, deplorable working conditions, and little certainty about being paid. Wh...
News Article | August 25, 2008
Delegates Vow to Fight Privatization of Parcel Post
On the final day of the APWU 19th Biennial Convention, delegates adopted a resolution calling on the union’s national leadership to “lead and organize resistance to any/all attempts to privatize the parcel business.”