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News Article | July 20, 2007
Oshkosh-to-Green Bay Consolidation Study Cancelled
The APWU has been notified that a proposed consolidation that would have resulted in a mail-processing shift from one Wisconsin P&DF to another approximately 50 miles away will not occur. “After review, it has been determined that there are currently no significant opportunities to improve efficienc...
News Article | July 20, 2007
Burrus Tells Congress: Compel USPS to Bargain Over Subcontracting
If Congress wants to limit USPS subcontracting, lawmakers should enact legislation compelling the Postal Service to bargain over the issue, APWU President William Burrus told a House subcommittee on July 19, rather than intervening in specific contracting-out disputes. Congress should avoid substitu...
News Article | July 13, 2007
2007 Organizing Campaign Special Drawing Winners Announced
More than a dozen new APWU members are finding out that it really does pay to join the union. Organization Department Director Frank A. Romero announced today the winners of a special drawing that awarded prizes to a sampling of the thousands of new members who have joined the APWU so far this year...
News Article | July 13, 2007
Efforts to Reduce Ergonomic Injuries Showing Positive Results at Postal Service
Postal Service employees are experiencing fewer ergonomic injuries since the formation of an OSHA-organized labor/management partnership in 2003. The joint venture between the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the APWU, the National Postal Mail Handlers Union (NMHU...
News Article | July 9, 2007
2007 Joint Contract Interpretation Manual
The 2007 Joint Contract Interpretation Manual (JCIM) is now available. The 2007 JCIM update was agreed to by the parties on June 29, 2007. The JCIM is intended to be a resource for the administration of the National Agreement. Jointly prepared by the APWU and the USPS, the JCIM provides a mutually a...
News Article | July 2, 2007
Operating Services Workers Ratify 4-Year Contract
APWU members working in Operating Services ratified a four-year Collective Bargaining Agreement on July 5 by a vote of 48 to 1.
News Article | July 2, 2007
APWU, USPS Reach Tentative Agreement Covering Operating Services Workers
The APWU and the USPS have reached a tentative agreement covering Operating Services workers, which is modeled on the Collective Bargaining Agreement for employees in the Clerk, Maintenance and Motor Vehicle Crafts. If ratified, the tentative agreement will cover 90 employees at USPS Headquarters in...
News Article | July 2, 2007
Labor Department Study Affirms That FMLA ‘Is Working as Intended’
A Department of Labor study released June 27 confirms what most Americans already know, that “family and medical leave is good for workers and their families, is in the public interest, and is good workplace policy.”
News Article | July 2, 2007
DHL Subsidiary Ordered to Stop Interfering With Workers’ Rights at Ohio Sorting Hub
An NLRB Administrative Law Judge has ruled that DHL Express of Wilmington, OH, is guilty of the unfair labor practice charges lodged against the global-delivery company by the APWU late last year.
News Article | June 30, 2007
The 1911 Furniture Workers Strike
A century-old and nearly forgotten story about furniture workers who overcame deep cultural divisions to unite for their common good was recently put back in the limelight by a group of labor activists.
News Article | June 28, 2007
Despite Majority Support, ‘EFCA’ Blocked in Senate
Although a majority of U.S. Senators clearly favor the Employee Free Choice Act, anti-worker lawmakers have prevented the Senate from passing the measure. Fifty-one senators voted June 26 to end debate and pass the act. But the 48 senators who oppose the bill voted against “cloture,” preventing a vo...
News Article | June 27, 2007
Union Web Site Now Features Membership Info
A new section of the APWU Web site (www.apwu.org) allows union members to review their membership information, find out how to contact their union representatives, and — in the coming weeks — will permit members to register online for national conferences and training seminars.
News Article | June 27, 2007
Banks Pulls Misleading Ad From Airwaves
The Wachovia Bank Corp. has stopped airing a television commercial that strongly implied that home delivery of mail is a primary cause of identity theft. On June 18, G. Kennedy Thompson, the bank’s CEO, responded to a letter from APWU President William Burrus that objected to the commercial’s charac...
News Article | June 27, 2007
National Executive Board Establishes Rules for Clerk NBA Race in Chicago
The APWU National Executive Board has voted to open nominations for the vacancy in the National Business Agent position caused by the untimely death of Percy Harrison Jr. Brother Harrison, who died on June 18, had filed the necessary petitions for candidacy and was unchallenged.
News Article | June 25, 2007
‘UNI’ Leader Visits APWU
APWU President William Burrus (left) and Union Network International General- Secretary Philip Jennings (right), at APWU The leader of an international union federation met with APWU President William Burrus on June 25, 2007, as part of a visit to the United States. Philip Jennings, general-secretar...