APWU – 06/26/2015 – The APWU and the Mail Contractors of America (MCA) have reached a tentative contract agreement for private-sector drivers in terminals in Des Moines and Kansas City. Union members at those terminals will have the opportunity to vote to ratify or reject the agreement. “The terms of the agreement will vastly improve the disciplinary […]
APWU – 06/23/2015 – The Postal Service has signaled it will try to derail a measure approved by the House Appropriations Committee on June 17 to restore postal service standards to the levels that were in place on July 1, 2012. The committee’s vote would rescind the lower service standards the USPS implemented on Jan. 5 – […]
Millions More Could Be Affected APWU – 06/22/2015 – The recent announcement by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) of a second major breach of data on “current and former employees of the federal government whose records OPM manages” could affect many APWU members, said Retirees Department Director Judy Beard. “OPM manages the records of postal retirees, as well […]
APWU – 06/17/2015 – The House Appropriations Committee approved an amendment on June 17 to restore postal service standards, in a bipartisan vote, 26-23. Six Republicans joined all of the committee’s Democrats to endorse the measure, which was introduced by Rep. Chakah Fattah (D-PA). The legislation would rescind the lower service standards the USPS implemented on Jan. 5 – which […]
From APWU – 06/16/2015 – In a June 15 letter, the presidents of the four postal unions asked the Department of Labor (DOL) and the White House to withdraw a proposal that would reduce compensation benefits to injured workers and urged the administration instead to work with federal employee unions and their allies in Congress to […]
APWU – 06/10/2015 – Representatives of the APWU and USPS held an introductory meeting with officials of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) on June 9 to begin mediation on a new collective bargaining agreement. APWU President Mark Dimondstein, Industrial Relations Director Tony McKinnon and staff met with FMCS Acting Director Allison Beck, Deputy Director Scott […]
APWU – 06/02/2015 APWU Member Arrion Brown being barred from reviewing the text of TPP Trade Deal. If you want to know what’s in the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade bill, you can go to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and read it for yourself. That’s what the Obama administration said about the trade […]
06/02/2015 – In a precedent-setting agreement approved by the National Labor Relations Board, the APWU and its sister postal unions won the right to bargain with the Postal Service over a massive data security breach that took place in 2014. The historic May 19 settlement marks a win for unions in a new area of […]
Grievances Due June 5, If Necessary APWU – 06/01/2015 – A key feature of the Global Settlement Remedy Agreement, which was signed on Dec. 5, 2014, were provisions making it easier for union representatives to monitor when postmasters and supervisors perform bargaining unit work in excess of the hours allowed under the Collective Bargaining Agreement. The USPS […]
New Report from American Postal Workers Union Outlines How Proposed Staples/Office Depot Merger Would Harm Consumers And Why it Should Be Blocked Union Shares Legal, Economic Conclusions With Federal Regulators and Key Stakeholders 05/27/2015 – WASHINGTON DC – A report released today by the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) outlines the harm that would come to consumers, small businesses and government […]