USPS reports nearly $1 Billion lost for August 2008 Accordng to the National Associationof Postal Supervisors (NAPS) Legislative Update Postmaster General Jack Potter, in his address at the NAPS convention last week, reported that the Postal Service will lose more than $2 billion by the approaching end of the USPS fiscal year. “We are struggling,” […]
Potential McCain VP Pick Fred Smith: Bad For America, Bad For Workers WASHINGTON, DC July 30, 2008 – The following is a statement from Change to Win Chair Anna Burger regarding recent speculation that union-busting FedEx CEO Fred Smith is on presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain’s short list for vice-presidential picks: “Recent reports that […]
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 […]
In Solidarity with UNITE-HERE Workers Locked in Contract Dispute WASHINGTON – The National Association of Letter Carriers union announced today that it has cancelled all food service for its 66 th Biennial NALC Convention July 21-25 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center (BCEC) due to the contract dispute between Local 26 of the UNITE-HERE […]
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 […]
According to an APWU article: APWU initiated a national dispute in 2006 over the Postal Service’s revisions to the AS-805 handbook governing Information Security. The revised handbook restricted employees from bringing personal information resources (e.g. laptops, notebooks, PDAs, handheld computers and USB port devices such as flash memory sticks) into postal facilities. The union expressed concerned […]
Press Release from The United States Attorney,Middle District of Alabama MONTGOMERY, ALA. – A former Dothan, Alabama United States postal union secretary-treasurer, Bridgett Cardall Hooks, age 35, has pleaded guilty to embezzlement of the union’s funds, Leura G. Canary, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama, announced today. In a hearing before United […]
NALC Presdient William Young released the following message: My thanks to all of you who responded to my call over the weekend to contact Senators Bill Nelson, Ben Nelson, Mark Pyror and Blanche Lincoln. At present, Senator Harkin’s amendment to the Labor-HHS appropriations bill that would make it easier for FedEx workers to organize a […]
From NALC President William Young: In last year’s postal reform bill, we secured our collective bargaining rights. The ability to form a union and to negotiate collectively ensures workplace fairness and a decent standard of living. Every American worker should have that ability. It is especially important to letter carriers that workers from competing delivery […]
Ballots will be mailed to members starting in September; the vote count begins Oct. 5. APWU News Secretary-Treasurer Terry Stapleton has announced that the following union members have been certified as candidates for election to national office by referendum balloting, as mandated by the APWU Constitution and Bylaws. Each candidate in this unofficial listing has secured […]