From NALC: Fourth Contract COLA: -0- There will be no fourth cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for letter carriers this period, under the terms of the 2006-2011 National Agreement. That’s because there was no increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) between July 2008 and January 2009, based on figures released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics […]
According to the Houston Chronicle: Federal prosecutors have asked fraud investigators from the Labor Department and Postal Service to examine allegations that a former postal union official in Houston embezzled union funds. Ed Gallagher, deputy criminal chief for major offenders of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Houston, said he asked the two inspectors general to […]
Democratic Talk Radio announces our 1st Labor Hero of the Year Award for 2008 Democratic Talk Radio has given our 1st Annual Labor Hero of the Year Award to Fran Friel, President of the Pennsylvania Postal Workers for moving his union convention from the hotel in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania to honor a picket line by […]
APWU News As a result of short-term financial difficulties, the APWU is cancelling publication of the March/April 2009 edition of The American Postal Worker magazine. This is expected to be a one-time adjustment. Please look for the May/June issue in your mailbox in the spring.
Postmaster General’s Testimony Offers Little Insight Burrus Update The long-awaited announcement about the Postal Service’s plans regarding the dramatic decline in mail volume and revenue was presented on Jan. 28 to the Senate subcommittee with jurisdiction over postal affairs, when Postmaster General John E. Potter explained the crisis facing the USPS, and outlined management’s proposed […]
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, […]
APWU President WIlliamBurrus Update Significant Changes Expected; Sacrifices Must Be Shared, Burrus Says Over the past several months I have attempted to alert APWU members to the financial crisis that is confronting the Postal Service, and the substantial impact it will have upon postal employees. Although some in the postal community dismissed my warnings as […]
Ask the President Question: Would you be able to address any of the rumors that are floating around the Postal Service? President Burrus: Thank you for inquiry about rumors that are circulating throughout the Postal Service. Your question is timely, given the current events in the USPS and in the nation. Over recent months I […]
APWU News APWU President William Burrus has spoken out against suggestions to send greeting cards electronically rather than by mail, asserting that such recommendations are often based on a faulty premise. “The contention that sending electronic messages would have a positive effect on the use of energy simply cannot be supported,” Burrus said. It ignores […]
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) announced its criminal enforcement data for December 2008 Guilty Pleas Former APWU Local 190 President Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion On Dec. 5, in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, Gary Weightman, former president of the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) […]