“Here are a few key questions that I think the membership should be aware of before they vote on this proposed contract.” By Clint Burelson, APWU President of the Olympia [Washington] Local NTFT [non-traditional full-time] Questions and Answers on the Contract The NTFT jobs will significantly affect current workers at the Post Office in a […]
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Mike Morris, Director Industrial Relations (This article was first published in the April-June 2011 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) We have a tentative agreement! Noah Webster defines “watershed” as “an important point of division or transition between two phases, conditions, etc.; a crucial deciding point, line or factor.” Clearly, this is a watershed […]
A few provisions of the Tentative Agreement have been misunderstood by some union members. APWU President Cliff Guffey sets the record straight in video messages. Pay Raises vs. Health Benefit Costs Non-Traditional Full-Time Assignments
Recent editorial on Tentative Agreement by former APWU President Bill Burrus: In closely guarded statements, postal management has struggled to conceal its total satisfaction with the tentative agreement. In a series of public statements, USPS officials have guardly extolled their unanticipated success in transforming APWU represented workers’ assignments and reducing costs (wages) in the staggering […]
The truth for APWU MVS craft underneath the candy coating by Knoxville,Tennessee MVS
The APWU has updated its “Highlights of the New Collective Bargaining Agreement.” From reader: Although this says a minimum of 800 positions will be created in the Clerk Craft to perform “administrative and technical duties” (like TACS) that are currently performed by EAS personnel, we were told in the APWU briefings that Lead clerks will […]
This is an opinion by Don Cheney on why APWU members should think carefully before voting NO on Tentative Agreement. In the past when the national officers of a postal union agreed to a tentative contract and the membership voted it down, the consequences were BAD. Arbitrators view such behavior as bad faith bargaining and […]
Maybe. The minuscule pay increases; the back-loaded, waived and deferred COLAs; the lower starting salaries for future employees; the increases in employees’ share of contributions toward healthcare coverage; the retention of the no layoff clause and the return of many jobs to APWU employees could save the USPS billions of dollars in operations costs, which […]
The following is court information sent to PostalReporter.com regarding a lawsuit filed by three Postal Workers in an attempt to delay voting on the APWU Tentative Agreement. “A Motion filed by co-plaintiffs Rich Shelley, James Ozanian and Lance Coles in a Case Vs. the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) has been Denied and Dismissed by […]