Recent editorial on Tentative Agreement by former APWU President Bill Burrus: In closely guarded statements, postal management has struggled to conceal its total satisfaction with the tentative agreement. In a series of public statements, USPS officials have guardly extolled their unanticipated success in transforming APWU represented workers’ assignments and reducing costs (wages) in the staggering […]
The truth for APWU MVS craft underneath the candy coating by Knoxville,Tennessee MVS
The APWU issued the following corrections in the Tentative Agreement today. Several typos have been found in the Tentative Agreement and have been corrected in the version posted online. Printed copies that were included in the ratification mailing have not been corrected.
The APWU has updated its “Highlights of the New Collective Bargaining Agreement.” From reader: Although this says a minimum of 800 positions will be created in the Clerk Craft to perform “administrative and technical duties” (like TACS) that are currently performed by EAS personnel, we were told in the APWU briefings that Lead clerks will […]
This is an opinion by Don Cheney on why APWU members should think carefully before voting NO on Tentative Agreement. In the past when the national officers of a postal union agreed to a tentative contract and the membership voted it down, the consequences were BAD. Arbitrators view such behavior as bad faith bargaining and […]
On March 25, 2011, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued new regulations governing the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA). The regulations greatly broaden the definition of “disability” under the ADAAA, making clear that to “substantially” limit a major life activity, an impairment need not be “significantly” or “severely” limiting, […]
USPS posted the following notice on the Federal Business Opportunities website: The United States Postal Service (USPS) is currently conducting market research and seeking to identify potential sources for a Phase II of our Flat Sequencing System (FSS) Program. Our Phase I designed machine currently in deployment is a large system that was primarily intended […]
Maybe. The minuscule pay increases; the back-loaded, waived and deferred COLAs; the lower starting salaries for future employees; the increases in employees’ share of contributions toward healthcare coverage; the retention of the no layoff clause and the return of many jobs to APWU employees could save the USPS billions of dollars in operations costs, which […]
The following is court information sent to PostalReporter.com regarding a lawsuit filed by three Postal Workers in an attempt to delay voting on the APWU Tentative Agreement. “A Motion filed by co-plaintiffs Rich Shelley, James Ozanian and Lance Coles in a Case Vs. the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) has been Denied and Dismissed by […]
NAPUS President Bob Rapoza briefed the National Executive Board on Thursday, April 7, on strategies to derail an illegal Postal Service attempt to implement regulations that would make it easier to close post offices, deny communities their statutory due process rights, and would violate the existing statutory definition of “Postmaster.” The meeting, which followed an […]