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News Article | May 5, 2008
Court Upholds Unfair Labor Charge Against USPS
A federal appeals court has upheld an unfair labor practice charge against the Postal Service in a case involving a supervisor who threatened to retaliate against an employee who had filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit...
News Article | April 30, 2008
Ralph Fasanella: Self-Taught Artist Chronicled Workers’ Lives
By the time he started painting pictures at age 31, Ralph Fasanella had developed a strong disdain for the social and economic injustices he witnessed every day in the streets of New York City. Over the rest of his life, the self-taught artist created hundreds of paintings, most of which spread the...
News Article | April 29, 2008
It Takes Only One to Get the Grassroots Growing
John Windle APWU member John Windle has been hard at work, boosting Sen. Barack Obama’s presidential campaign as the important May 6 Indiana primary approaches. Noting that his state has never been so crucial to a modern nomination battle, the Indianapolis Area Local member said, “I just didn’t want...
News Article | April 28, 2008
Six More U.S. Representatives Co-Sponsor Mail Network Protection Act
Six more members of the U.S. House of Representatives have become co-sponsors of the Mail Network Protection Act (H.R. 4236) in support of the union’s efforts to reduce wasteful, inefficient, and detrimental subcontracting by the U.S. Postal Service. The legislation would help preserve inexpensive,...
News Article | April 22, 2008
Workers Memorial Day
On April 28 each year, the labor movement observes Workers Memorial Day to commemorate workers who have been killed or injured on the job, and to renew the fight for safety-and-health protections. This year’s theme is, Good Jobs, Safe Jobs. For All. More than three decades ago, with union backing, C...
News Article | April 17, 2008
Mail Network Protection Act Gains Eight More Co-Sponsors
Eight more members of the U.S. House of Representatives have become co-sponsors of the Mail Network Protection Act (H.R. 4236) in the past two weeks, thanks to continuing outreach efforts by APWU locals. The legislation would help reduce wasteful, inefficient, and detrimental subcontracting by requi...
Press Release | April 16, 2008
Union’s Big Contribution Helps Save Small-Town Post Office
Union’s Big Contribution Helps Save Small-Town Post Office
News Article | April 16, 2008
APWU Donation to Save Small-Town Post Office
The APWU has given a one-of-a-kind gift to the people of McCausland, Iowa: a donation of $30,000 to help save their post office. The contribution will pay for renovations to a building the small town purchased in order to stave off threats by the USPS to discontinue regular postal service for its 30...
News Article | April 14, 2008
APWU Members Lead the Charge In Defense of FMLA
APWU members rose to an important challenge in recent weeks: Postal workers submitted more than half of the postings to a Department of Labor Web site that features comments regarding proposed revisions to the Family & Medical Leave Act that would weaken the law. By the deadline for submissions on A...
News Article | April 14, 2008
Burrus Asks Bush to Appoint Postal Service Advisory Council
APWU President William Burrus has asked President Bush to appoint a Postal Service Advisory Council, noting that the appointment of the panel is required by federal law. “The Postal Service is required to ‘consult with and receive the advice of the Advisory Council regarding all aspects of postal op...
Press Release | April 9, 2008
News Article | April 9, 2008
Executive Board Endorses Barack Obama for President
The APWU National Executive Board has voted unanimously to endorse Barack Obama for president. “Sen. Obama’s message is one of hope and change,” said union President William Burrus. “His message is special, and the timing is right.” "We believe he will be a strong advocate for working people, and we...
News Article | April 8, 2008
Union Members Urged to Help Save FMLA Protections
Time is running out for union members to voice objections to new regulations proposed by the Department of Labor that would undermine employees’ medical privacy protections and make it more difficult for workers to exercise their rights under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).
News Article | April 3, 2008
Ten More U.S. Representatives Co-Sponsor Mail Network Protection Act
Since Congress returned from its Easter recess on March 31, 10 additional members of the House of Representatives have taken a stand against wasteful, inefficient, and detrimental subcontracting by signing on to the Mail Network Protection Act (H.R. 4236). The legislation, introduced last November b...
News Article | April 2, 2008
Federal Court Dismisses APWU Suit
A federal court has dismissed a lawsuit by the APWU and the Consumer Alliance for Postal Services (CAPS), which sought access to the meetings and records of the Postal Service’s Mailers Technical Advisory Committee (MTAC). The APWU suit alleges that by excluding representatives of individuals and sm...