Update: The $4.8 million settlement was part of nearly $20 million arbitration award handed down in 2007. An arbitrator ruled in a National APWU case in 2003 that under Article 7.1.B of the National Agreement does not prohibit the Postal Service from using temporary agency employees as a supplemental work force, provided they are counted […]
09/15/2014 – With contract negotiations set to begin early next year, APWU President Mark Dimondstein has announced the names of union members who will serve on the Rank and File Bargaining Advisory Committee. In accordance with the APWU Constitution, each member of the National Executive Board names one person to the committee; a 13th member, appointed by […]
APWU Web News Article 062-2011, May 23, 2011 APWU President Cliff Guffey and Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe have signed the 2010-2015 Collective Bargaining Agreement. Their signatures formalize the new contract, which was ratified by APWU members on May 11. Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe and APWU President Cliff Guffey sign the union’s 2010-2015 Collective Bargaining Agreement […]
APWU Web News Article 058-2011, May 18, 2011 In the wake of the ratification of the 2010-2015 Collective Bargaining Agreement, the APWU and USPS have agreed to a timeline for local negotiations, Director of Industrial Relations Mike Morris, has announced. Local unions or management can open bargaining over changes to local agreements, in accordance with […]
From a PostalReporter reader: Name withheld upon request from withheld to Lucille Caldwell date Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 1:17 AM subject PSE’s Health Insurance Did you notice this unusual health insurance provision in the proposed USPS-APWU Tentative National Agreement, buried on pages 173 to 174? The Postal Service is dangling this as an incentive […]