APWU News The House of Representatives is expected to vote soon — perhaps as early as Tuesday, Sept. 15 — on legislation that would provide the USPS with short-term relief from severe financial difficulties. APWU President William Burrus is urging union members to contact their representatives and ask them to support the measure. “We must act […]
The Charlotte Area Local has settled an outstanding casual arbitration which was returned to the parties for resolution of the remedy. The text of the settlement: In accordance with the instructions of the June 5, 2009 interim arbitration award issued by Arbitrator Andrew Strongin in the above-cited grievances, the parties mutually agree, as a result […]
APWU News The USPS and APWU have agreed that employees who as of Aug. 24 had a scheduled retirement date of Sept. 30 or earlier will be permitted to retire or separate on the date they selected, and will be eligible to receive the $15,000 incentive negotiated by the union and management. All other employees […]
GREG BELL, APWU DIRECTOR, INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS Visits by Postal Inspectors Or OIG Agents- which are usually unannounced – often catch employees by surprise, and sometimes cause them to panic. Our stewards, officers and arbitration advocates are doing an excellent job of defending union members, but this article should remind employees of their rights. After all, […]
APWU-represented employees who retire or separate on or before Nov. 30, 2009, will receive a monetary incentive of $15,000, in accordance with an agreement negotiated by the union. The incentive will be paid in two installments to eligible employees. “This agreement achieves a long-standing objective of the APWU,” said union President William Burrus. The incentive […]
APWU COLA Information: In July, the Consumer Price Index (CPI-W) fell to 627.093, still well below the July 2008 index of 644.303 (upon which our last COLA increase was based). The CPI-W must rise above 644.303 before another COLA is due. After the final month of the six-month measuring period, the sixth COLA under the […]
The following are excerpts from a letter sent by Susan Carney, APWU Director Human Relations Department to the field: On May 29, 2009, the Postal Service concluded its National Reassessment Process Limited Duty pilot program. APWU has been notified that this program is being implemented nationwide effective July 13, 2009, with “work status meetings” beginning […]
USPS sent the following letter to the Omar Gonzalez, APWU Western Regional Coordinator,notifying him on possible consolidations of Computerized Forwarding System units in the Western Area: August 4, 2009 Omar M. Gonzalez Western Region Coordinator American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO 500 Airport Blvd. Suite 450 Burlingame, CA 94010-1940 Dear Mr. Gonzalez: Please be advised that […]
Burrus Update I guess it should come as no surprise that Republicans in the House of Representatives have attempted to exploit an off-hand comment by President Obama that compared the Postal Service to FedEx and UPS during a town-hall meeting about healthcare. In a one-page set of talking points titled An Ominous Model for Government […]
The APWU has appealed to arbitration a dispute over the Postal Service’s unilateral consolidation of six USPS Districts. By letter dated May 12, 2009, the union was informed that six district offices had been consolidated and that effective July 4, 2009, the casual reports used by the Union to monitor compliance with Article 7.1.B.5 will […]