Video Highlights Chicago APWU Members ‘Stop Staples’ Protest

APWU – April 15, 2014 A three-minute APWU video highlights the union’s April 5 demonstration at a Staples store near Chicago to protest a no-bid deal between the company and the U.S. Postal Service that staffs “postal” counters in Staples stores with non-postal employees. “We have to make sure that there’s a vibrant, public post […]

How APWU Activists Are Building a Movement

How APWU Activists Are Building a Movement

APWU – April 10, 2014 Dozens of locals, state organizations and retiree chapters are preparing for the April 24 National Day of Action to protest the Postal Service’s sweetheart deal with Staples, which puts “postal” counters in the office supply stores — and staffs them with low-wage Staples employees. But APWU members in California and […]

USPS Needs Real Reform – Not More Austerity

USPS Needs Real Reform – Not More Austerity

April 9, 2014 The Postal Service needs real reform — not the austerity proposed by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) and the White House, APWU President Mark Dimondstein said after an April 8 hearing by a House committee. The hearing of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, which Rep. Issa chairs, focused on White House budget […]

Staples Deal Still a Secret – But Hearing Reveals Disturbing Truths

Staples Deal Still a Secret – But Hearing Reveals Disturbing Truths

April 7, 2014 The Postal Service and Staples are working overtime to keep the details of their sweetheart deal a secret, but a hearing before the National Labor Relations Board — and documents the USPS was forced to provide to the APWU — have revealed some disturbing truths. “Staples and postal management are perpetrating a […]

APWU: PSEs Should Beware Of ‘Voice of Employee’ Surveys

APWU: PSEs Should Beware Of ‘Voice of Employee’ Surveys

April 3, 2014 Postal Support Employees should beware of management’s latest ploy, union leaders are warning: Beginning in April, the Postal Service plans to ask non-career employees to take Voice of the Employee (VOE) surveys. Management is after a lot more than meets the eye, according to APWU Executive Vice President Debby Szeredy. “What management […]

APWU: Based on a Falsehood, Ryan Budget Would Plunder Postal Service

APWU: Based on a Falsehood, Ryan Budget Would Plunder Postal Service

April 1, 2014 The postal provisions in the budget proposed by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) on April 1 are a “thinly-veiled attempt to plunder the Postal Service — to slash service, cut workers’ benefits, and render our great national treasure ripe for privatization,” said APWU President Mark Dimondstein. They’re also based on a fallacy, Dimondstein […]

APWU: Tentative Agreement Reached on Nurses’ Contract

APWU: Tentative Agreement Reached on Nurses’ Contract

April 1, 2014 The APWU has reached a Tentative Agreement with the USPS on a Collective Bargaining Agreement covering postal nurses. “The tentative contract resolves all the articles that were in dispute,” said Support Services Craft Director Steve Brooks. “It will provide new benefits and will clarify working conditions for postal nurses represented by the […]

APWU: Maintenance Memo Outlines Steps For PSE Conversion to Career

APWU: Maintenance Memo Outlines Steps For PSE Conversion to Career

APWU: March 29, 2014 A March 28 agreement with the USPS [PDF] outlines the procedure for the conversion of Maintenance Craft Postal Support Employees to career, Maintenance Craft Director Steve Raymer has announced. The Memorandum of Understanding is a follow-up to an agreement signed by President Mark Dimondstein on March 20 that outlines the procedure […]

APWU, USPS Reach Agreement On Filling Residual Vacancies

APWU, USPS Reach Agreement On Filling Residual Vacancies

APWU, USPS Reach Agreement On Filling Residual Vacancies Settlement Will Result in PSE, PTF Conversions March 24, 2014 An important March 20 agreement between the APWU and USPS outlines a procedure for filling residual vacancies in the Clerk, Maintenance and Motor Vehicle Crafts, and will result in the conversion of Postal Support Employees to career […]

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