February 27, 2015 – Roanoke postal employees on Wednesday learned that the U.S. Postal Service is going through with a plan to consolidate the Rutherford Avenue processing center to Greensboro, North Carolina. The consolidation will begin April 18, and affected employees will be notified next week, according to Carlton Cooper, president of the local chapter […]
February 25, 2015 – KALAMAZOO, MI — The U.S. Postal Service anticipates job openings in Greater Kalamazoo and Southwest Michigan. With that in mind, the service, which has been in the news in recent months for its plans to close its Kalamazoo Postal Processing Plant on 9th Street in Oshtemo Township, will host an informational […]
APWU President Reports on Negotiations 02/26/2015 – APWU President Mark Dimondstein has presented his first update for union members on the status of contract negotiations. The bargaining report is available to APWU members only. To read the summary, click here. For those who are new to the APWU website — or to the Members Only […]
Contract Negotiations Begin Bosses to Union- “NEXT?” Report Of APWU Western Region Coordinator Omar Gonzalez At the start of contract negotiations covering more than 200,000 postal workers postal bosses revealed they have little interest, if any, in bargaining over issues critical to Union negotiators. When the Union’s Chief Negotiator submitted the union’s first proposal over […]
The U.S. Department of Labor —Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) – Criminal Enforcement Actions On January 21, 2015, in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, Athens Division, Cynthia Collins, former Secretary-Treasurer of American Postal Workers Union (APWU) Local 12 (located in Athens, Ga.), pled guilty to one count of embezzlement […]
In a First, Union to Put Issues Such as Postal Banking, Expanded Hours and Additional Customer Services on the Bargaining Table, Along with Wages and Benefits Actor-Activist Danny Glover and APWU Pres. Mark Dimondstein to speak at Kickoff News Conference Postal Workers and USPS to Open Negotiations Thurs. Feb. 19 at Pivotal Time for the […]
USPS reported earlier today that some Post Offices are experiencing system outages. But USPS is facing a much bigger problem if POS systems are out in most of the post offices. Lamont Brooks, APWU Assistant Director, Clerk Division sent out an urgent message for postal clerks. Brooks found out about the system outage today in […]
02/11/2015 – The union is pursuing our demand that management create at least 60 new administrative and technical duty assignments in the Motor Vehicle Service Craft, as required by the 2010-2015 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). Four years after signing the CBA, the USPS still has not created the positions. Management also has refused to provide […]
New Bill Would Stop Mail Slowdown, Reinstate Service Standards Recognizing the essential role mail plays in American society, some in Congress are responding to the Postal Service’s disastrous action to eliminate overnight delivery and plans to close or consolidate 82 mail processing facilities. This week, Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) reintroduced the “Protect Overnight Delivery Act,” […]
Washington – The American Postal Workers Union announced today that the 200,000–member organization will “vigorously oppose” the merger between Staples and Office Depot. “We will urge the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission to block this monopolistic and unlawful merger now, just as they did 17 years ago,” said APWU President Mark Dimondstein. “And […]