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News Article | September 5, 2007
Several Local and State Elections Set for Nov. 6
Many APWU members who plan to be in attendance at the APWU All-Craft Conference in Las Vegas Nov. 5-8 should also make plans to vote ahead of time in elections taking place back home. Several statewide and local elections are scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 6. Conference participants are urged to make a...
News Article | August 31, 2007
The History of Labor’s ‘Day’
The celebration of the first Monday in September as a holiday “is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers,” according to the U.S. Department of Labor. In the mid-1890s, Samuel Gompers, the founder of the American Federation of Lab...
News Article | August 29, 2007
COLA Raise Shows Value of a Union Contract
The $686 salary increase that will be reflected in APWU members’ paychecks Sept. 21 demonstrates the ongoing value of the union contract, said APWU President William Burrus. “With the one-level upgrade for all APWU-represented positions in February,” he added, “the negotiated raises will amount to a...
News Article | August 27, 2007
Support Good Jobs – Buy Union
Union Label Week 2007 begins on Labor Day, Sept. 3 and runs through Friday, Sept. 8. The message this year is: “Support Good Jobs — Buy Union.” During Union Label Week the labor movement makes a special effort to create a better understanding of how unions and union members contribute to America’s p...
News Article | August 22, 2007
Postal Nurses Vote to Merge with APWU
In an overwhelming vote of 51 to 9, on Aug. 17 the National Postal Professional Nurses (NPPN) voted “YES,” in favor of merging with the American Postal Workers Union. Pursuant to the APWU Constitution, the nurses will become a part of the Support Services Division, which will be responsible for cont...
News Article | August 15, 2007
Latest CPI Rise Will Yield $686 Annual Increase
Even with the Consumer Price Index falling slightly in July, the latest Cost-Of-Living Adjustment under the National Agreement will give APWU-craft employees an annual raise of $686. July was the last month of the second six-month COLA measuring period in the 2006-2010 Collective Bargaining Agreeme...
News Article | August 14, 2007
AFL-CIO President Salutes APWU For Work on ‘Solidarity’ Campaign
In a letter to the union’s Executive Office, AFL-CIO President John J. Sweeney has commended the APWU for making a solid case for solidarity. Citing the 2006 APWU National Convention Resolution that encourages affiliation with state and local labor councils, Sweeney wrote that he was pleased with th...
News Article | August 6, 2007
Online Registration Now Available for All-Craft Conference
APWU members who plan to attend the 2007 All-Craft Conference can now register online, select workshops, and remit payment to the national union through www.apwu.org. Online registration will also be available for future events sponsored by the national union. The 2007 All-Craft Conference will be h...
News Article | August 3, 2007
IT/ASC, Operating Services Contracts Signed
In a ceremony Aug. 1, APWU President William Burrus and Postal Service Labor Relations Vice President Doug Tulino signed Collective Bargaining Agreements for USPS Information Technology/Accounting Service Centers and Operating Services employees represented by the union. Their signatures formalized...
News Article | August 2, 2007
Postal Regulator Tells Congress of Failures in Consolidation Planning
In a rush to redesign its nationwide network of facilities, the Postal Service acted on several misguided and poorly rationalized assumptions, a Postal Regulatory Commission official told Congress in late July. In testimony before a House of Representatives subcommittee, John D. Waller also cited a...
News Article | August 1, 2007
Union Members to Question Presidential Candidates
Will the next president fight for the concerns of working families? Will he or she be accountable to America’s workers — or to corporate donors? Will our nation’s next leader offer empty rhetoric or real change that will increase opportunity and security for ordinary people? Union members will have...
News Article | July 27, 2007
Candidates Certified for Election Of Chicago Region Clerk NBA
Secretary-Treasurer Terry Stapleton has certified six union members as candidates for the position of Clerk Craft National Business Agent (A) for the Chicago region. The nominating process was extended because of the untimely death of Percy Harrison Jr., who passed away on June 18. Brother Harrison...
News Article | July 27, 2007
Tennessee AMP Study Terminated
The APWU has been notified that a proposed consolidation that would have resulted in a mail-processing shift approximately 90 miles across southwest Tennessee will not occur. “After review, it has been determined that there are currently no significant opportunities to improve efficiency and/or serv...
News Article | July 26, 2007
Burrus Testifies Before Senate: USPS on Path to Privatization
The USPS “has begun to travel resolutely down the road of privatization,” APWU President William Burrus told a Senate subcommittee on July 25, “without authorization from Congress” — or the American people. The subcontracting of postal work, he warned, “is just one aspect of a dangerous trend: the w...
News Article | July 25, 2007
Texas Consolidation Plan Shelved
The APWU has been notified that a proposed consolidation of mail-processing operations in Waco, TX, will not occur. A study to determine whether operations should be shifted both north (about 90 miles to Fort Worth) and south (100 miles to Austin) has been terminated. Approximately 250 jobs were at...