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Staples, USPS Use Trickery to Try to Derail Boycott
July 17, 2014 – When the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) voted to join the ‘Don’t Buy Staples’ movement on July 12, it struck fear into the hearts of Staples bosses and USPS management. So much so that just two days later Staples and the USPS resorted to trickery to try to derail the boycott. […]
Staples Terminates Deal With USPS
July 14, 2014 – A Staples announcement on July 14 indicating that the company is terminating its no-bid deal with the U.S. Postal Service and replacing it with an “approved shipper” program is a ruse. Staples and the USPS are changing the name of the program, without addressing the fundamental concerns of postal workers and postal customers. If […]
Maintenance Craft Settles Dispute on Custodial Staffing; Will Convert More Than 3,150 PSEs
July 11, 2014 – The APWU and USPS signed a major settlement July 9 that resolves a long-standing dispute over custodial staffing and results in the conversion to career of all Maintenance Craft Postal Support Employees, Maintenance Craft Director Steve Raymer has announced. The agreement stipulates that the MS-47 Handbook – Transmittal Letter 5, which […]
AFSCME, UNITE HERE Join ‘Don’t Buy Staples’ Movement
APWU News – July 07, 2014 The ‘Don’t Buy Staples’ campaign got another big boost on July 2, when the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) endorsed the boycott. “We are asking our members, friends, family members and colleagues to take their business elsewhere,” AFSCME President Lee Saunders and Secretary-Treasurer Laura Reyes wrote […]
Arbitrator Rules: Excessed Employees Must Meet Minimum Qualifications Before Reassignment
July 1, 2014 – The APWU won an important arbitration award on June 24, when Arbitrator Stephen B. Goldberg ruled that the Postal Service must determine – prior to excessing employees across craft lines – that the employees meet the minimum qualifications for the new position. The APWU filed a national-level dispute on July 24, […]
APWU: Arbitrator Denies Union’s Grievance Protesting PVS Conversion to Highway Contract Route
July 2, 2014 – Arbitrator Shyam Das has denied a national-level grievance that protested the subcontracting of Postal Vehicle Service (PVS) operations in Columbus, OH. In an award dated May 16, Das concluded that management’s decision to convert the entire Columbus PVS operation to a Highway Contract Route “did not rise to the level of […]
APWU to Launch Vigorous Campaign Against Plant Closures, Consolidations
June 30, 2014 – The APWU today denounced plans by the Postal Service to resume the closure and consolidation of up to 82 mail processing plants beginning in January 2015. “This is a direct assault on service to the people of the country, on postal workers and on the Postal Service’s own network,” said union […]
Consolidation: Fighting Back
Debby Szeredy, APWU Executive Vice President – June 27, 2014 Following the consolidation of the Middlesex-Essex (MA) Processing & Distribution Center with the Boston plant in 2013, the national APWU and the Boston Area Local met with the USPS Office of Inspector General (OIG) to file a complaint about delayed mail in Boston. The union contended that management […]
SEIU Votes to Boycott Staples
APWU News – June 30, 2014 The ‘Don’t Buy Staples’ movement got a big boost this month when the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) voted to endorse the boycott. The union represents building service, healthcare and government employees. In a letter to Staples CEO Ronald L. Sargent and Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe SEIU International […]