Postal Service Outlines Plan to Tackle Tough Times, Reach New Heights ST. LOUIS — Postmaster General John E. Potter challenged the mailing industry today, cautioning mailers about the severity of the current economic climate and urging them to create new growth opportunities. Citing fluctuating oil prices, inflation in paper prices and the strife in the […]
RE: First Update on VERA: Voluntary Early Retirement This is the first in what undoubtedly will be a series of updates with regard to the issue of Voluntary Early Retirements for mail handlers. The National Office has learned that the Postal Service has formally been granted authority by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management […]
APWU News The APWU National Executive Board has adopted a resolution criticizing Sen. John McCain for crossing a picket line of striking members of the Writers Guild to appear on the Tonight Show at the end of January. “This callous act by Sen. McCain showed an utter disregard for the efforts of ordinary workers to exact […]
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 […]
http://www.apwu.org/index2.htm APWU-Backed Bill Introduced in Congress; Legislation Would Require Bargaining Over Subcontracting The APWU won a significant victory on Nov. 15, when Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA) introduced legislation that would require the Postal Service to bargain with postal unions before making a commitment to significant subcontracting. H.R. 4236 would require the USPS to submit to […]
Below is an MSPB finding the military pay provisions of USERRA inapplicable to the USPS and therefore, upholding the USPS denial paid military time off for non-scheduled days for USPS as the USPS policy and regulations did not provide for it. Merit System Protection Board decision: Welshans vs U. S. Postal Service (PDF) In his initial appeal, […]
Planned automation changes at the Peoria Post office downtown is sparking protests from some of the workers. The Postal service will move the processing of priority mail from Peoria to Champaign. Several workers gathered outside the post office’s downtown branch for an informational picket today. Members of the American Postal Workers union 854 say they […]
NALC Press Release William H. Young,president of the 300,000-member National Association of Letter Carriers,today issued the following statement regarding the death of letter carrier John “Marty” Thiels in a shooting incident Thursday as he delivered mail to an Alexandria, Louisiana law office. Marty was a 29-year veteran of the Postal Service and a member of […]
Workers at the international delivery company DHL’s new Upper Macungie shipping hub voted against forming a union early this morning. The employees, who help sort packages shipped around the Northeast, voted 217 to 135 against union representation, according to sources with DHL and the American Postal Workers Union, or APWU, which led the union campaign. […]
Siemens announced today that it has been awarded a $54.6 million contract modification from the United States Postal Service (USPS) for additional mail sorting equipment. The award encompasses an additional 110 Delivery Bar Code Sorter (DBCS 6) machines to expand USPS’ existing fleet of letter sorting equipment. Siemens will provide installation and associated integrated logistics […]