Ten protesters blocked a private mail truck leaving the Mt. Hood Distribution Center (US Postal Service) today, demanding that postal management stop subcontracting the trucking of “the people’s mail.” Claiming concerns about safety, cost and corruption, the blockaders left after police ordered them to disperse. No arrests were made. ”Postal truckers are losing work to […]
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) has scheduled a hearing on postal reform for Wednesday afternoon at 1:30. Click here to review the hearing’s web page. Click here to read the NALC response to the discussion draft of Issa’s proposed postal reform legislation, and click here for our response to a […]
The APWU and the entire labor movement are demanding that a minority of senators stop blocking the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) from protecting workers’ rights on the job. “We can’t let Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and other Senate Republicans shut down the federal agency that protects the rights of American workers,” said APWU President […]
The union has signed an unprecedented nationwide agreement [PDF] with the Department of Labor and the Postal Service that settles a series of OSHA complaints initiated by the APWU regarding violations of safe electrical work practices. The agreement marks the OSHA’s first “enterprise-wide” settlement and follows a four-year campaign by the APWU […]
USPS vs. Montgomery, AL NALC Union Steward At issue: USPS Assertion of Just Cause for Emergency Placement and Notice Of Removal – NALC Suppression of Union Activity – and Shop Steward’s Protected Status While on Union Time READ THIS CASE (3.81MB PDF)
Out of 3,000 companies considered to be profiled in U.S. Postal Service’s latest advertising campaign, San Francisco Salt Company was one of only three chosen. Union City, CA, June 19, 2013 –(PR.com)– San Francisco Salt Company (SFSC), known for their extensive selection of spa salts and gourmet chef salts which they ship to customers all […]
Break the ‘Chained’ CPI! Proposed Cut Threatens Postal, Federal Retirees and Social Security Recipients The APWU is urging union members and retirees to participate in rallies across the country on Tuesday, July 2, to protest a proposal that would put retirement benefits for millions of workers on the chopping block. The threat is from a […]
In an award dated June 17, 2013, Arbitrator Stephen Goldberg rejected the union’s argument that the USPS was required by Article 12.5.B.2 to cobble together the work hours of PSEs in installations within a 50-mile withholding area in order to create duty assignments to minimize the impact of excessing on career employees. Goldberg concluded, “The […]
Survey Says: Most Americans Oppose Plant Closures Greg Bell – APWU Executive Vice President (06/04/13) I have always been skeptical of surveys conducted by the Postal Service, because they seem to be designed to generate responses that would justify cutting service, closing postal facilities, or reducing employees’ pay. But the results of a survey commissioned […]