More Non-Traditional Full-Time Jobs Q & A On APWU Tentative Agreement

“Here are a few more questions and answers [on Non-Tradtional Full-Time jobs] that I think the membership should be aware of before they vote on the proposed contract.  I believe that if all Clerk Craft employees were aware of the details and impact of the NTFT jobs, they would unanimously reject this contract” – By Clint […]

More Non-Traditional Full-Time Jobs Q & A On APWU Tentative Agreement

“Here are a few more questions and answers [on Non-Tradtional Full-Time jobs] that I think the membership should be aware of before they vote on the proposed contract.  I believe that if all Clerk Craft employees were aware of the details and impact of the NTFT jobs, they would unanimously reject this contract” – By Clint […]

Q and A on Non-Traditional Full-Time Jobs that APWU Members Should Know Before Voting

“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 […]

APWU: An Agreement For Our Times

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 […]

Updated: Highlights of New Tentative Contract Agreement

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 […]

Opinion: APWU Members Before Voting No On Tentative Contract..

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 […]