APWU News APWU President William Burrus has asked the Wachovia Bank Corp. to stop airing a television commercial which strongly suggests that home mail delivery is the primary cause of identity theft. “The 700,000 employees who operate the most efficient, reliable and cost-effective mail service in the world object to your characterization,” Burrus wrote in […]
Glover/Albrecht v. Potter U.S. POSTAL SERVICE AGREES TO LARGEST EVER DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION SETTLEMENT – $61 MILLION (Press Release) Under a class action settlement announced today, the United States Postal Service will pay $61 million to resolve the workplace disability discrimination claims of over 7500 current and former postal workers. Over $53 million will be distributed […]
by APWU President William Burrus on Contracting Out Mail Delivery My testimony last month [PDF] before the House Oversight and Reform Committee revealed differences of opinion between the APWU on the one hand and the other postal unions and management associations on the other, regarding the issue of congressional interference in collective bargaining. The long-standing APWU […]
“NALC’s Letter Carrier Statue in Plankinton Square dedicated at the Centennial Celebration in Milwaukee, WI on August 30, 1989.” http://www.flickr.com/photos/retinalfetish/515120078/
Young Praises Move to Protect Letter Carriers (NALC Bulletin) Sen.Tom Harkin (D-IA) on May 23 introduced in the U. S. Senate legislation to protect city and rural letter carriers from having their work contracted out by the U.S. Postal Service to private firms and individuals. The bill, S. 1457, is titled the “Mail Delivery Protection […]
From USPS Thirty years ago today, a film premiered in just over 30 theaters across the country. Not the biggest first-day showing a movie has ever had, but the ripples from those select theaters sent shockwaves across the cinematic universe still being felt today. Star Wars — the movie, the cult phenomenon, the biggest grossing […]
“The Greater Seattle Local, American Postal Workers Union recently called upon Congressional Representatives Jim McDermott [1] (D-WA-7), Jay Inslee [2] (D-WA-1), Adam Smith [3] (D-WA-9), Dave Reichert [4] (R-WA-8), Rick Larsen [5] (R-WA-2) and Norm Dicks [6] (D-WA-6) to institute an impeachment investigation in the House of Representatives into the actions of Bush and Cheney, […]
Nation Gets Sneak Peek of Air Force One, Marine One Stamps Stamps to Go on Sale June 13 From USPS Two of the world’s most recognizable aircraft that fly as icons of freedom and democracy will appear on postage mid-June when the U.S. Postal Service issues the Air Force One $4.60 Priority Mail […]
Termination of AMPs Is Good News For Northern Michigan, Southern Texas APWU News – May 17, 2007 The APWU has been notified that studies of the consolidation of some mail-processing operations at the Gaylord (MI) Main Post Office and at Beaumont (TX) P&DF have been brought to a close and the proposed consolidations will not take […]
Update from American Postal Workers’ Union President William Burrus The increase in postage rates that took effect May 14 has been the subject of numerous news stories purporting to analyze the size of the increase and speculating about the future role of hard-copy communication. In general, these reports seem to accept the fact that inflation […]