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News Article | June 12, 2007
Zanesville Consolidation Study Terminated
The APWU has been notified that a proposed consolidation that would have resulted in a mail-processing shift approximately 60 miles across central Ohio will not occur. “After review, it has been determined that there are currently no significant opportunities to improve efficiency and/or service thr...
News Article | June 7, 2007
Union Garners Agreement on Jurisdictional Disputes
The APWU has negotiated an important agreement to expedite hearings on grievances involving jurisdictional disputes. In response to an APWU lawsuit against the Postal Service and the National Postal Mail Handlers Union (MHU), the MHU has agreed to the re-appointment of an arbitrator to hear the case...
News Article | June 6, 2007
Tarducci to Fill In for Wilson
APWU Clerk Craft Director James McCarthy has assigned Vince Tarducci, president of the Philadelphia BMC Local, as a temporary replacement for Eric Wilson, who resigned as a National Business Agent at the end of May. Tarducci will serve through the remainder of Wilson’s term, which expires in Novembe...
News Article | June 6, 2007
APWU Sues USPS, Advisory Committee For Conducting Policy-Making in Secret
The APWU, together with an organization representing a coalition of consumers and nonprofit mailers, has filed a suit challenging secret policy-making by a Postal Service advisory committee. The panel, the Mailers Technical Advisory Committee, is made up of trade associations that represent large bu...
News Article | May 31, 2007
Union Asks Wachovia To Stop Running Misleading Ad
APWU President William Burrus has asked the Wachovia Bank Corp. to stop airing a television commercial which strongly suggests that home mail delivery is the primary cause of identity theft. “The 700,000 employees who operate the most efficient, reliable and cost-effective mail service in the world...
News Article | May 23, 2007
NBA Wilson to Resign
National Business Agent Eric M. Wilson has announced he will resign his position, effective May 25, 2007. Wilson, who has served as NBA “A” in the Clerk Division for the Philadelphia Region since 1994, is resigning for personal reasons. APWU President William Burrus expressed appreciation for the c...
News Article | May 22, 2007
Casual Reports to Have a New Format
New restrictions on the use of casuals, mandated by the 2006-2010 Collective Bargaining Agreement, will result in a new format for Casual Compliance Reports. These reports are provided to the national union on an accounting-period basis so that the APWU can monitor management’s adherence to Article...
News Article | May 22, 2007
Wisconsin-to-Minnesota AMP Halted
The APWU has been notified that the consolidation of some mail-processing operations at the La Crosse (WI) P&DF into the Rochester (MN) P&DF will not occur. “After review, it has been determined that there are currently no significant opportunities to improve efficiency and/or service through consol...
News Article | May 18, 2007
Transportation Workers, Unions Declare: ‘Enough is Enough’
APWU officers and staff at the IAM rally in Washington APWU officers and staff joined thousands of transportaion workers and other labor activists at a spirited rally in Washington, DC, May 17, demanding an end to federal policies that put profits ahead of safety and security, and corporate needs ah...
News Article | May 17, 2007
Brochure Spotlights Union’s Legislative Goals
The APWU Legislative Department has produced a brochure that outlines the union’s legislative goals. “After more than a decade of focusing our legislative activities on the pros and cons of various postal ‘reform’ measures, the American Postal Workers Union has entered a new era,” the booklet notes....
News Article | May 17, 2007
Termination of AMPs Is Good News For Northern Michigan, Southern Texas
The APWU has been notified that studies of the consolidation of some mail-processing operations at the Gaylord (MI) Main Post Office and at Beaumont (TX) P&DF have been brought to a close and the proposed consolidations will not take place. “After review, it has been determined that there are curren...
News Article | May 15, 2007
APWU Board Calls for Boycott of Circuit City
The National Executive Board of the APWU has voted unanimously to support a boycott of Circuit City stores, due to the retailer’s despicable treatment of its employees. The NEB vote was in response to the company’s dismissal of 3,400 workers, comprising 8.5 percent of its workforce. The firings, ann...
News Article | May 14, 2007
APWU Member Killed in Combat in Iraq
An APWU member on his second tour of duty in Iraq was killed during combat operations in Anbar Province on May 5. Master Sergeant Kenneth (Kenny) Mack was 42.
News Article | May 10, 2007
House Bill Would Set Timetable for Consolidation Studies
A bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would establish firm deadlines for Area Mail Processing surveys and would prohibit the USPS from removing equipment or reducing the workforce in affected facilities during AMP studies. Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI) introduced H.R. 2177, which would re...
News Article | May 7, 2007
Mail Processing Staying Put in Western MD
The Cumberland Area Local’s anti-consolidation T-shirt made its debut last summer. The APWU was notified May 4 that the proposed consolidation of some mail-processing operations involving two sites 90 miles apart in western Maryland has been cancelled. “After review, it has been determined not to pu...