{"id":12591,"date":"2015-10-06T07:23:47","date_gmt":"2015-10-06T12:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=12591"},"modified":"2015-10-06T07:23:47","modified_gmt":"2015-10-06T12:23:47","slug":"apwu-it-could-be-a-matter-of-life-and-death-ramping-up-for-safety-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2015\/10\/06\/apwu-it-could-be-a-matter-of-life-and-death-ramping-up-for-safety-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"APWU: It Could Be a Matter of Life and Death – Ramping Up for Safety Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"
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APWU News – 10\/05\/2015<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>–\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Declaring that \u201cthere are far too many serious safety problems at post offices and facilities,\u201d APWU President Mark Dimondstein and Industrial Relations Director Tony D. McKinnon Sr. are calling on union members across the country to launch a Safety Awareness and Enforcement Campaign in mid-October.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven the Postal Regulatory Commission recently reported that USPS management failed to meet its performance goal to \u2018Ensure a Safe Workplace and Engaged Workforce,\u2019\u201d they wrote in a letter to local and state presidents. \u00a0\"1-APWU-New\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Noting that the struggle for a new contract is continuing, they wrote, \u201cWe should not be waiting for a new agreement to actively enforce our rights to a safe and healthy work place.\u201d
\n\u201cToo often postal workers take their own health for granted or leave it to others to wage the needed fights. But together, through collective action, we can all make a difference.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Aug. 28 letter called on local unions, state organizations and Contract Action Teams (CATs) to enhance safety education among union members and take the necessary steps to ensure that unhealthy and unsafe conditions are corrected.<\/p>\n

Highlights of the campaign will include:<\/p>\n