APWU News The APWU and the private-sector mail-haul firm Pat Salmon & Sons have agreed to a one-month extension of a contract covering more than 500 drivers. The collective bargaining agreement in effect since Aug. 30, 2006, had been set to expire May 15. “The parties have several tentative agreements on work-rule issues,” APWU Support Services […]
The Union has initiated a national dispute over the issuance of a new Publication 156, “Postal Employees Guide to Contract Postal Units”, that replaces the Handbook AS-707-F, “Contracting for Contract Postal Units.” The provisions of Handbook AS-707-F are utilized by the Union in regard to the enforcement, administration and/or interpretation of the collective bargaining agreement, […]
APWU News An arbitration panel finalized a five-year contract for postal nurses on April 28 — the first since the National Postal Professional Nurses merged with the APWU. The ruling [PDF] came more than 20 months after the nurses’ independent Collective Bargaining Agreement with the USPS expired. Neutral Arbitrator Stephen B. Goldberg rejected USPS proposals for […]
Disputes Over Contract Postal Units Filed, Appealed to Arbitration The APWU has initiated one dispute, and appealed another to national arbitration, over whether a contract postal unit (CPU) may exist in a facility when the Postal Service has use of the property by consignment or other special agreement, for example, on military bases, in national […]
In a recent NALC Bulletin, President Young stated that he encourages cooperation with USPS because “the current financial crisis requires cooperation, where appropriate.” Even so, he declared, “[n]o one, at any level, has any authority to amend or violate the national contract, period.” PMG Potter agrees: “It is up to each one of us to […]
APWU News The APWU has filed a second Step 4 dispute [PDF] protesting the Postal Service’s nationwide program to eliminate or drastically reduce Tour 2 assignments and employees. The dispute, filed Dec. 16, is a companion to another Step 4 protest [PDF] filed the same day, and recaps many of the allegations made by the union […]
APWU News The APWU has initiated a Step 4 dispute [PDF] with the Postal Service, protesting management’s nationwide plan to eliminate or drastically reduce Tour 2 assignments and employees. The dispute, filed Dec. 16 by union President William Burrus, is in addition to an Unfair Labor Practice charge filed by the APWU with the National […]
The APWU and the Postal Service have been meeting periodically at the headquarters level and have finally reached a tentative agreement on a method that will allow for locally-negotiated four-day workweeks. “We have been pushing for a modified-workweek agreement seemingly forever: The first pilot programs were in 1994.” The sticking point of the negotiations […]
From the American Postal Worker Magazine, September/October 2008 issue: During the last round of contract negotiations, the APWU proposed another pilot for a Crew Chief position, with the new title, “Team Lead.” An agreement to implement the program was signed after the National Agreement was finalized. Fifteen sites tested the Team Lead concept, which supports […]
From APWU All APWU-represented employees covered by the 2006-2010 APWU-USPS collective bargaining agreement will be upgraded one pay level effective Feb. 16, 2008. The upgrades are being implemented via new pay schedules. The new pay schedules reflect pay increases of approximately 2.6 percent from the old levels to the new ones. Generally, employees will move […]