APWU News The APWU has filed a second Step 4 dispute [PDF] protesting the Postal Service’s nationwide program to eliminate or drastically reduce Tour 2 assignments and employees. The dispute, filed Dec. 16, is a companion to another Step 4 protest [PDF] filed the same day, and recaps many of the allegations made by the union […]
APWU News The APWU has initiated a Step 4 dispute [PDF] with the Postal Service, protesting management’s nationwide plan to eliminate or drastically reduce Tour 2 assignments and employees. The dispute, filed Dec. 16 by union President William Burrus, is in addition to an Unfair Labor Practice charge filed by the APWU with the National […]
Informational Picket to Call for Return of APWU Union President and Return of Mail Operations to Olympia For Immediate Release 12/2/08 Contact Louie Mackey, Organizer (360) 357-6231 The Olympia Local of the American Postal Workers Union will be holding an informational picket on Monday, January 12, 2009 from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm at the Olympia […]
President George W. Bush has made Friday, December 26, a day off for federal employees. However, the Executive Order excuses most Executive Branch employees from duty on December 26. “The day off does not affect Postal Service workers, nor does it include Executive Branch employees whose agencies determine they cannot be excused for reasons of […]
APWU News APWU President William Burrus met with Stephen Crawford, a member of President-Elect Obama’s Transition Team, at the union’s national headquarters on Dec. 8, where the two “engaged in a thoughtful conversation about the future of the U.S. Postal Service and postal workers.” “Mr. Crawford impressed me as a highly intelligent individual, who is extremely […]
APWU Web News The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has dismissed an APWU lawsuit against President George W. Bush and Postmaster General John E. Potter that sought to compel the appointment of a Postal Advisory Council. The court’s Nov. 26 ruling [PDF] concluded that the postal council, which was authorized by Congress […]
Burrus Update Discussions have been underway at the national level for several months regarding the implementation of the Modified Work Week known as “10-4,” where employees are scheduled to work 10 hours per day, four days per week. Over recent weeks these discussions have failed to make significant progress and therefore I am unable to […]
On October 24, 2008, the Trenton Local met with management about two-tour consolidation. Management presented to the union their plan to become a two tour-processing center. The first round will be to eliminate all Tour 2 automation. This move will cause us to lose 24 mail processing clerk positions on Tour 2 automation. At the present […]
The APWU and the Postal Service have been meeting periodically at the headquarters level and have finally reached a tentative agreement on a method that will allow for locally-negotiated four-day workweeks. “We have been pushing for a modified-workweek agreement seemingly forever: The first pilot programs were in 1994.” The sticking point of the negotiations […]
Update From American Postal Workers (APWU) President William Burrus Information received from APWU local presidents indicates that USPS management plans to eliminate Tour 2 at mail processing facilities across the country. This would eliminate tens of thousands of preferred duty assignments, which are filled by the most senior employees. Postal management has failed to inform the […]