09/15/2014 – The National Executive Board selected Orlando, FL, as the site of the 2016 National Convention, Secretary-Treasurer Liz Powell has announced. The board vote took place on Sept. 10. “We heard presentations from hotels in several cities,” Powell said. “One of our goals was to select a site that would help keep expenses down for locals, […]
The APWU and USPS signed a major settlement on July 9 that resolved a long-standing dispute over custodial staffing and resulted in the conversion to career of all Maintenance Craft Postal Support Employees. It was not an agreement we entered into lightly. The agreement stipulates that the MS-47 Handbook-Transmittal Letter 5, which governs custodial work […]
09/15/2014 – The hard work of the APWU membership is paying off. One hundred sixty members of the House of Representatives sent a letter to the leaders of the House Appropriations Committee on Sept. 11 urging them to stop devastating cuts to the Postal Service. The group appealed to House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers […]
9/11/14 – If Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe thought his speech to a group of business mailers in Salt Lake City on Sept. 10 was going to be a quiet, uneventful affair, he was mistaken. A coalition of unions and postal customers showed up outside the Grand America Hotel, the site of the speech, to protest […]
09/10/2014 – APWU Teachers (in yellow shirts) turned out in force for the Boston protest. Opponents of a no-bid deal between Staples and the USPS are taking the fight to the Massachusetts-based company’s home turf. In August, postal workers, teachers and customers staged rallies in and around Boston, and they’re planning to conduct continuing protests in […]
Senate Majority Leader Makes 51 More than Half of Senate Now Backs Call to Stop Consolidations 09/06/2014 – Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has added his high-profile support to calls for a one-year moratorium on USPS plans to close 82 mail processing plants and slow mail delivery. Reid has joined 50 other senators who […]
Labor Day is a good time to reflect on the achievements of workers and the contributions unions have made to our lives – from abolishing child labor to establishing a minimum wage, healthcare, retirement benefits, workplace safety and more. It’s also a good time to renew our determination to Stand Up and Fight Back! It’s […]
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 […]
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 […]
Boycott Goes to Boston as Retailer Releases 2nd Quarter Results Postal Workers, Teachers Turn Up the Heat on Staples Workers to Pass Out Rulers Stamped ‘Don’t Buy School Supplies at Staples’ 08/18/2014 – The ‘Don’t Buy Staples’ campaign will go to the Boston area – home of the troubled retailer – with two events on Wednesday, […]