In 2001, APWU grieved the Postal Service’s assignment of bar code scanning work at the Oakland (CA) Airport Mail Facility . The Postal Service responded that the grievance was not a jurisdictional claim because the assignment was made before April 1992. In the District Court’s decision: Because APWU argued the merits of the grievance throughout […]
APWU-represented employees will receive a 1.2 percent increase in annual salaries effective Nov. 21, based on the grades and levels in effect on Sept. 6, 2006. In accordance with the APWU National Constitution and Bylaws, the raise will result in an automatic dues increase. Locals and state organizations that wish to absorb the dues increase […]
Press Release – The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation has filed a formal complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) asking it to investigate charges made by a Nashua-area postal worker who discovered his annual union membership dues were illegally diverted into the union’s political action committee (PAC).In July 2006, United States Postal […]
Postmaster General Briefing July 14, 2009 USPS Headquarters On Tuesday, July 14, 2009, Louis Atkins, NAPS Executive Vice President, represented NAPS at a briefing with Postmaster General Jack Potter. Also in attendance were the leaders of all of the craft unions and the other two management associations. Postmaster General Potter briefed the attendees on the […]
APWU Web News Article #079-09, July 16, 2009 The presidents of the four major postal unions have asked the White House to address the “deepening crisis” facing the Postal Service, asserting that “the Obama administration must intervene now to avoid both a political and economic train wreck.” “The recession has had a severe impact on […]
See full memo at the National Postal Mail Handlers Union website Enclosed is a copy of the official notification that we received from the Postal Service concerning the above-cited issue. As discussed during the telecom that was held on February 26, the revised plan calls for a three tiered network in which some facilities would distribute […]
From the National Postal Mail Handlers Union Subcontracting Is Off the Table The USPS has informed the NPMHU of changes that they intend to make to the existing BMC network. According to USPS Headquarters, they intend to move forward with a new network which will utilize the existing BMCs as “Network Distribution Centers” (NDCs) to […]
From Michael J Hora, President, National Postal Mail Handlers Union (NPMHU) Local #321 FMLA Coordinators Soliciting Release of Medical Information to USPS Law Dept. The Postal Service is soliciting medical releases for those employees that are required to partake in the 2nd and 3rd opinion process. In doing so, the FMLA Coordinators are requiring employees […]
From NALC.org: Contract COLA =0% There was no projected accumulation toward the fourth regular cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for letter carriers under the 2006-2011 National Agreement following the January 15 release of the December Consumer Price Index (CPI). The next COLA will reflect the increase in the CPI, if any, between July 2008 and January 2009, […]
Notification Letter from Edward Burke,USPS District Manager, Central Pennsylvania Performance Cluster January 6, 2009 Bill Smith Branch President, Mail Handlers Local 308 300 South Main Street Wilkes Barre PA 18701-9997 Dear Mr. Smith: This letter is an informational notice of the intent of the U. S. Postal Service to conduct an Area Mail Processing (AMP) […]