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News Article | March 14, 2011

APWU, USPS Reach Tentative Agreement on New Contract

The American Postal Workers Union and the U.S. Postal Service have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract, union President Cliff Guffey announced today. ALSO: Highlights of the new Collective Bargaining Agreement

News Article | August 25, 2010

Save Saturday Service!

Thousands of APWU members, led by union president William Burrus and the Rev. Jesse Jackson, marched through the streets of downtown Detroit on Tuesday afternoon to Save Saturday Service and rally for good jobs. ALSO: Clerk Division delegates discussed job security at their pre-convention conference...

News Article | July 29, 2008

USPS Unable to Justify Outsourcing, GAO Finds

The Postal Service is unable to demonstrate that it saves money by outsourcing, according to a recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, because it has no comprehensive mechanism to measure savings. “Without cost-savings data, postal managers, stakeholders and Congress cannot assess the...

News Article | November 27, 2007

Burrus Issues Stinging Rebuke To USPS Inspector General

APWU President William Burrus slammed the Office of the Inspector General recently, charging that in a September audit report on employee benefit programs the office had inserted itself into the collective bargaining arena. In a Nov. 16 letter to Inspector General David Williams, Burrus said, “Simpl...

News Article | December 7, 2006

Rank-and-File Committee Approves Tentative Contract

The APWU Rank-and-File Bargaining Advisory Committee voted unanimously on Dec. 7 to approve the union’s tentative 2006 Collective Bargaining Agreement. The agreement will be sent to union members for a ratification vote, which the committee will supervise.  The four-year tentative agreement provides...

News Article | October 4, 2005

USPS Seeks to Thwart Landmark FMLA Ruling

The Postal Service has filed a petition seeking to overturn a recent court ruling that invalidated USPS return-to-work requirements for employees with absences of more than 21 days. The APWU had hailed the July 19 ruling as a major victory in the fight to preserve workers’ rights under the Family an...

News Article | October 4, 2005

USPS Seeks to Thwart Landmark FMLA Ruling

The Postal Service has filed a petition seeking to overturn a recent court ruling that invalidated USPS return-to-work requirements for employees with absences of more than 21 days. The APWU had hailed the July 19 ruling as a major victory in the fight to preserve workers’ rights under the Family an...

News Article | August 8, 2005

APWU Members Ratify One-Year Contract Extension

APWU members ratified a one-year extension of the Collective Bargaining Agreement by a vote of 69,763 to 9,201, in balloting that ended Aug 5. The National Agreement is now set to expire on Nov. 20, 2006.

News Article | August 8, 2005

APWU Members Ratify One-Year Contract Extension

APWU members ratified a one-year extension of the Collective Bargaining Agreement by a vote of 69,763 to 9,201, in balloting that ended Aug 5. The National Agreement is now set to expire on Nov. 20, 2006.

News Article | September 16, 2025

Maintenance Job Training Selection

Local management may not use non-scheduled days as a criterion for Maintenance Craft job training selection, because doing so limits the number of potential applicants and excludes viable candidates.

News Article | September 16, 2025

Maintenance Job Training Selection

Local management may not use non-scheduled days as a criterion for Maintenance Craft job training selection, because doing so limits the number of potential applicants and excludes viable candidates.