APWU President Cliff Guffey announced that the union and Postal Service have extended their Collective Bargaining Agreement through Tuesday, Nov. 23, at noon. The contract was scheduled to expire Nov. 20. “We do not have a new contract,” Guffey said, “but we believe there is still potential to negotiate an agreement. The union and management […]
Negotiations between the APWU and the Postal Service are continuing throughout the day Saturday, with the contract set to expire at midnight on Nov. 20. The union’s top negotiators and high-ranking postal officials are discussing preserving jobs, issues related to workforce structure, as well as pay and benefits. APWU President Cliff Guffey reported on negotiations […]
Postal Service negotiators continue to express interest in APWU contract proposals, “but so far have failed to put anything in writing,” APWU President Cliff Guffey reported to the Rank and File Bargaining Advisory Committee on Nov. 18. At a morning bargaining session, management representatives re-hashed their previous oral statements, he said. “If they expect to […]
Rank and File Bargaining Committee Scheduled to Arrive in Washington, DC APWU Web News Article 127-2010, Nov. 12, 2010 The union’s Rank and File Bargaining Advisory Committee is scheduled to arrive in Washington, DC on Nov. 14 to be on hand in the event of late-breaking developments at the negotiating table. With the current Collective […]
New Online Program for Postal Employees makes it next to impossible to take training tests on the clock. From APWU: [The APWU] Clerk Division officers recently reported on problems union members are facing since management established OASys, the Online Employee Scheduling and Assessment System. Many aspects of this program, which requires employees to schedule typing tests […]
Successful Negotiations Crucial to Postal Service’s Future WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service, faced with the most dramatic mail volume drop in its history, today began contract negotiations with the National Rural Letter Carriers Association (NRLCA). The current contract expires at midnight, Nov. 20. Employees represented by the NRLCA primarily deliver mail in rural and […]
Union Denounces USPS Attempts to ‘Work the Refs’ Says Contract Negotiations Are Ill-Served by Public Misstatements APWU Web News Article 092-2010, Sept. 8, 2010 American Postal Workers Union President William Burrus has denounced efforts by the Postal Service to influence the outcome of contract negotiations by issuing demands in public forums. “It is extremely disappointing […]
The next round of talks is set for Sept. 8. For updates, visit the union’s Web site, at www.apwu.org. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcBVVtW0LO4[/youtube]
Negotiations for a new national agreement between the American Postal Workers Union and the U.S. Postal Service began Sept. 1 in Washington, DC. The current contract expires Nov. 20, 2010. Every contract negotiation brings special challenges, and this will be no different,” APWU President William Burrus said at the opening session. “Mail volume is depressed […]
Arbitrator Issues Decision in Dispute Over Two-Tour Initiative Arbitrator Das denied the union’s grievance challenging the Postal Service’s two-tour initiative. Das accepted the Postal Service’s argument that “Article 3 of the National Agreement grants the Postal Service the authority to unilaterally adopt and implement the … initiatives at issue, without further bargaining with the Union.” […]