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News Article | August 31, 2006
Postal Workers ‘In the Line of Duty’
Postal workers are sworn to uphold the Constitution and protect the mail. Since 1775, we have honored our pledge to defend the security of the mail, on which much of our nation’s commerce and communication system has always depended. From the dangers of transporting mail on horseback across the wild...
News Article | August 31, 2006
Postal Workers ‘In the Line of Duty’
Postal workers are sworn to uphold the Constitution and protect the mail. Since 1775, we have honored our pledge to defend the security of the mail, on which much of our nation’s commerce and communication system has always depended. From the dangers of transporting mail on horseback across the wild...
News Article | August 29, 2006
National Negotiations Begin
APWU President William Burrus (right) delivers his opening statement as APWU representatives meet with USPS officials during the first session of contract negotiations. Negotiations for a new national agreement between the Postal Service and its largest bargaining unit — the American Postal Workers...
News Article | August 29, 2006
National Negotiations Begin
APWU President William Burrus (right) delivers his opening statement as APWU representatives meet with USPS officials during the first session of contract negotiations. Negotiations for a new national agreement between the Postal Service and its largest bargaining unit — the American Postal Workers...
News Article | August 23, 2006
Collective Bargaining Set to Begin Aug. 29
Negotiations for a new Collective Bargaining Agreement between the APWU and the USPS are scheduled to begin Aug. 29, 2006, union President William Burrus has announced. Management and union officials are expected to present opening statements and establish a schedule for future meetings. The current...
News Article | August 23, 2006
Collective Bargaining Set to Begin Aug. 29
Negotiations for a new Collective Bargaining Agreement between the APWU and the USPS are scheduled to begin Aug. 29, 2006, union President William Burrus has announced. Management and union officials are expected to present opening statements and establish a schedule for future meetings. The current...
News Article | August 18, 2006
Delegates Protest Consolidation
Nearly 3,000 blue T-shirt-clad APWU union members sent a strong and unified message to the Postal Service Thursday, as they surrounded what used to be the Philadelphia Processing & Distribution Center at a rally protesting failing service and mismanaged network realignment programs.
News Article | August 18, 2006
Delegates Protest Consolidation
Nearly 3,000 blue T-shirt-clad APWU union members sent a strong and unified message to the Postal Service Thursday, as they surrounded what used to be the Philadelphia Processing & Distribution Center at a rally protesting failing service and mismanaged network realignment programs.
News Article | August 17, 2006
Delegates Express Frustration Over Craft Jurisdictional Issues
After fervent debate on the 18th Biennial Convention’s third day, APWU delegates adopted a resolution to study “efforts and procedures and processes” that would help bring the National Postal Mail Handlers Union into the APWU as a new department.
News Article | August 17, 2006
Delegates Express Frustration Over Craft Jurisdictional Issues
After fervent debate on the 18th Biennial Convention’s third day, APWU delegates adopted a resolution to study “efforts and procedures and processes” that would help bring the National Postal Mail Handlers Union into the APWU as a new department.
News Article | August 16, 2006
Latest CPI Rise Will Yield $812 Annual Increase
The final Cost-Of-Living Adjustment under the National Agreement will give APWU-craft employees an annual raise of $812. The Consumer Price Index rose slightly in July, the last month of the latest six-month Cost-Of-Living Adjustment measuring period in the extended 2000-2003 Collective Bargaining A...
News Article | August 16, 2006
Latest CPI Rise Will Yield $812 Annual Increase
The final Cost-Of-Living Adjustment under the National Agreement will give APWU-craft employees an annual raise of $812. The Consumer Price Index rose slightly in July, the last month of the latest six-month Cost-Of-Living Adjustment measuring period in the extended 2000-2003 Collective Bargaining A...
News Article | August 16, 2006
Delegates Debate, Approve Resolutions In Preparation for USPS Contract Talks
Delegates discuss a resolution before lining up at a floor microphone to take part in the debate. APWU members at the 18th Biennial National Convention displayed overwhelming unity Tuesday in approving resolutions intended to guide the union’s negotiators in collective bargaining this year. Negotiat...
News Article | August 16, 2006
Delegates Debate, Approve Resolutions In Preparation for USPS Contract Talks
Delegates discuss a resolution before lining up at a floor microphone to take part in the debate. APWU members at the 18th Biennial National Convention displayed overwhelming unity Tuesday in approving resolutions intended to guide the union’s negotiators in collective bargaining this year. Negotiat...
News Article | August 15, 2006
APWU Convention Delegates to Protest Decline in Service
Philadelphians are keenly aware of a decline in area mail service in recent months, and Thursday afternoon the APWU will help make sure that residents hear that the dramatic deterioration in service is the result of ill-advised postal policies that can — and should — be changed. Postal workers will...