APWU News – 03/30/2015 – A recent “study” by a Harvard-educated economist asserting the Postal Service has an “unfair competitive advantage” over private-sector delivery companies has garnered a lot of attention in recent days. The “study” by Robert J. Shapiro was the subject of articles in the Washington Post and Fortune, and was the centerpiece of a panel discussion at the well-known Brookings Institution on […]
APWU – 03/27/2015 – The Postal Service’s operating profit totaled $1.4 billion for the first five months of fiscal year 2015, according to a USPS report provided to the Postal Regulatory Commission. This result exceeds the $1.375 billion operating profit for the entire year in fiscal year 2014. As of the end of February, total mail volume is up […]
APWU – 03/27/2015 – Arbitrator Stephen B. Goldberg has sustained the MVS Craft Step 4 dispute in Case # Q10V-4Q-C 14125953, regarding contracting out Postal Vehicle Service work. The MVS Craft initiated the dispute in response to the USPS April 26, 2013, notice to the APWU that management was “considering subcontracting the highway movement of mail in […]
03/25/2015 – Two congressional committees are proposing to solve the nation’s financial problems in part by reducing pay for millions of postal and federal employees. Budget bills for fiscal year 2016 proposed by House and Senate committees last week would cut pay for postal and federal workers by increasing the amount employees must pay into retirement accounts […]
APWU – 03/24/2015 – APWU Clerk Craft Director Clint Burelson has updated union members on progress toward disbursing a $56 million settlement that was signed Dec. 5, 2014, to resolve disputes over postmasters and supervisors in small offices performing bargaining unit work. As part of the settlement, the Postal Service was required to provide reports showing the […]
From APWU: 03/23/2015 – Three in-depth flyers and a brochure just published by the APWU dispel common misconceptions about the Postal Service. “With contract negotiations underway, it’s important for union members – and the public – to know the truth about the Postal Service’s phony financial crisis, the threat of privatization, and the potential for […]
03/20/2015 – Jim Hightower, editor of the Hightower Lowdown, will host a “Post Office Lowdown” conference call featuring APWU President Mark Dimondstein on Tuesday, March 24, at 1 p.m. EDT. “Our public Postal Service is under attack and the APWU and its allies are working furiously to save it,” Hightower wrote. “Possible outcomes of current contract negotiations range from […]
APWU News – 3.19.15 Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) will re-introduce the Robin Hood Tax bill in Congress today. The bill could generate up to $350 billion per year by requiring brokers, bankers and the wealthy to pay a small fee for stock trades and other financial assets – much like the tax we pay when we […]
APWU news – 03/13/15 – APWU President Mark Dimondstein presents an update for union members on contract negotiations. The bargaining report is available to APWU members only. To read the summary, click here. For those who are new to the APWU website — or to the Members Only section — log-in instructions can be found here.
APWU Executive Assistant to the President Rich Shelley; Johnny Martin, associate office director, APWU Baltimore Area Local 181; Councilmember Curran; Courtney Jenkins, editor/recording secretary, Local 181; Ernie Greco, president Metropolitan Baltimore AFL-CIO APWU News – On Monday, March 9, members of the Baltimore City Council voted unanimously to adopt a resolution opposing privatization of the Postal […]