From United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC): “This report covers the period from October 1, 2007, through September 30, 2008. The September 30 snapshot includes only employees in pay status thus, some permanent employees, like seasonal employees or those on active military tours of duty are not included….. while the United States Postal Service […]
APWU Embraces Change, APWU President Declares APWU News Calling the union’s current circumstances “the best of times, and the worst of times,” APWU President William Burrus outlined an ambitious agenda for the union’s future in a speech to the All-Craft Conference in Las Vegas on Sept. 30. Urging conference participants to meet the daunting challenges facing […]
President Burrus announced he will retire at the end of his term in 2010. The delegates at the All- Craft Conference in Las Vegas, NV gave him a standing ovation which brought tears to his eyes. He also asked for a per capita national dues increase of $1 next year to help offset decreases in […]
The U.S. Postal Service filed its July 2009 (unaudited) preliminary financial report yesterday with the Postal Regulatory Commission. USPS reported a net income loss of $721 million (July 2009 was $865 million). The year-to-date deficit currently stands at approximately $6.3 billion. Mail volume was down across all classes with an overall total decrease of 13.2%. […]
Postal Regulatory Commission: “Within our regulatory framework, I would like to encourage a national conversation on the future of mail and hardcopy communications in the United States,” Chairman Ruth Y. Goldway. The Nation’s mail system faces serious financial challenges exacerbated by historic declines in mail volume. The Postal Service has responded by cutting costs, downsizing […]
“A House-Senate panel on Thursday approved legislation to keep the government from closing down when the new budget year starts next week and employed a $4 billion bookkeeping maneuver to keep the financially troubled Postal Service afloat. The financially struggling Postal Service would be allowed to cover a budget shortfall by reducing its annual payment […]
APWU News The union has received a number of inquiries recently seeking clarification about whether employees who retire on disability are eligible for the incentive negotiated by the APWU, President William Burrus said. “The agreement does not exclude such employees,” he noted. “The Memorandum of Understanding provides for an incentive of $15,000 for employees who retire […]
Burrus Update 15-2009, Sept. 22, 2009 The union has received inquiries about the possibility that some applicants for the $15,000 retirement/separation incentive may be excluded because the agreement negotiated by the union limits the number of recipients to 30,000. This concern is especially troubling for employees applying for Voluntary Early Retirement (VER), because the right […]
APWU News The APWU and Postal Service reached a settlement [PDF] on Sept. 21 reaffirming management’s responsibility to provide individual retirement counseling to APWU-represented employees. In 2007, the Postal Service centralized its retirement counseling process, with specialists at the Human Resources Shared Services Center (HRSSC) providing counseling, primarily by phone. Management said the change was […]
Board of Governors schedule closed meetings again… Times and Dates: 6 p.m., Monday, September 21, 2009; 1 p.m., Tuesday, September 22, 2009; and 8 a.m., Wednesday, September 23, 2009. Place: Washington, DC, at U.S. Postal Service Headquarters, 475 L’Enfant Plaza, SW. Status: Closed. Matters to be Considered: Monday, September 21 at 6 p.m. (Closed) […]