Advice Center Now Available for Retirees APWU Web News Article 115-2010, Oct. 19, 2010 Retirement decisions are among the most important — and daunting — that members can make. Now, navigating the paperwork and understanding retirement plans is easier, thanks to the APWU Retiree Advice Center. Retired APWU members — or members who plan to […]
APWU President William Burrus has ridiculed assertions about the Postal Service that appeared in a recent column in the E-Commerce Times: “There were so many misstatements in your article,” Burrus wrote, “I hardly know where to begin.” Burrus Letter to E-Commerce Times: October 13, 2010 Mr. Theodore F. di Stefano Capital Source Partners c/o Ecommerce […]
National Reassessment Process Update – Unemployment Compensation Injured employees who undergo the National Reassessment Process (NRP) and are told by the Postal Service either that there is only partial-day work available or that there is no work available, should consider applying for unemployment compensation. This temporary financial assistance can serve as an important monetary bridge […]
APWU Ballots to be Mailed in Election of Union Officers APWU News Bulletin 06-2010, Sept. 10, 2010 Ballots for the 2010 Election of APWU National Officers are being mailed Monday, Sept. 13, to Wednesday, Sept. 15. Every member in good standing as of June 15, 2010, will receive a ballot. Ballots must be received by […]
September 01, 2010 Contract Negotiations Begin Between U.S. Postal Service and American Postal Workers Union Negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement between the U.S. Postal Service and the American Postal Workers Union began Sept. 1. The current contract expires Nov. 20, 2010. “Every contract negotiation brings special challenges, and this will be no different,” […]
This is a summary of Regular Panel Arbitrator Andres M. Strongin in case H06T-1H-C-08255189 regarding the Postal Service denial of an employee’s request for voluntary transfer. The arbitrator sustained the Union’s grievance; he ruled the Postal Service violated grievant’s right to request a transfer under Article 12.6 of the National Agreement and the Memorandum of […]
Major Mailers Go Ballistic Over Rate Increase Attempt to Shift the Burden to Postal Employees Burrus Update 10-2010, July 9, 2010 The Postal Service has filed a request to increase postage rates effective Jan. 2, 2011, and is proposing to raise the price of first-class, single-piece letters from 44 cents to 46 cents. Increases for […]
This has been an extremely busy year, as we respond to the postal policies and decisions triggered by the recent decline in mail volume. Despite a modest improvement in the economy, advertising mail has not yet rebounded. Coupled with the diversion to electronic messages, the recession has reduced mail volume to 1994 levels. The geniuses […]
APWU Web News Article 050-2010, June 3, 2010 Postal employees and customers are approaching an important milestone in the fight to save Saturday service, as a House resolution supporting six-day mail delivery continues to gain momentum. Close to 200 U.S. Representatives have signed on to co-sponsor House Resolution 173, which says “the U.S. Postal Service […]
APWU Web News Article 042-2010, May 11, 2010 Testifying at a Las Vegas field hearing, APWU Western Region Coordinator Omar Gonzalez urged the Postal Regulatory Commission to reject the USPS proposal to end Saturday delivery. The plan will “hasten the call for elimination of the private express statutes and legal monopolies, which ensure quality postal […]