08/25/2014 – APWU members will receive a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) of $686 per year in September 2014, in accordance with the 2010-2015 Collective Bargaining Agreement. The raise is the result of an increase in the consumer price index (CPI-W). It is the sixth COLA under the contract. The effective date is Sept. 6, 2014 (Pay […]
Celebrating 125 years: In 1889, the Milwaukee Letter Carriers, knowing many of their fellow carriers would be attending the Grand Army of the Republic encampment in their city that summer, issued an official Call to meet during the reunion to form a national association and act on other matters of importance to letter carriers and their […]
MITCHELL, Ind. -Investigators say an Indiana letter carrier, trusted with delivering the mail, was instead stealing money from people’s birthday cards. Video will load below. Read More 13 WTHR Indianapolis via PEN
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SAN DIEGO – August 27, 2014 – The Postal Reform Act hopes to revamp the financially-strapped U.S. Postal Service, which last year posted a $5 billion loss, but two proposals in particular are drawing negative attention. Video will load below. Read more
MILWAUKEE – August 26, 2014 – Attacked while on the job: A female postal carrier had to fight off a masked man in Milwaukee on Monday, August 25th — and it’s not the only incident being investigated. Video will load below. Read more
Silicon Angle – August 26, 2014 – Dealing with data on a massive scale, the United States Postal Service is one of many organizations tackling the challenge of trying to stay customer-focused in a data-driven business environment. Speaking at Hewlett-Packard, Co.’s recently concluded HP Vertica Big Data Conference, Jim Cochrane, CIO and executive vice president […]
08/21/2014 – By APWU General Officers Mark Dimondstein, President; Debby Szeredy, Executive Vice-President; Elizabeth Powell, Secretary-Treasurer Fair-minded people from all walks of life are deeply concerned and outraged by the killing of unarmed African-American teenager Michael Brown at the hands of police officer Darren Wilson. There is no justification for this young man’s death. Police […]
August 20, 2014 – Following the Aug. 19 release of the July Consumer Price Index (CPI), the fourth cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for letter carriers under the 2011-2016 National Agreement is $686 annually. This COLA was based on the increase in the CPI between January 2014 and July 2014. It amounts to 33 cents per hour. Under […]