Delegates to the APWU National Convention condemned USPS management for their failure to adhere to the terms of the 2010 Collective Bargaining Agreement and for their dismal response to the agency’s congressionally-manufactured financial crisis. Dismantling the USPS will only deepen the crisis, they said. Delegates endorsed a resolution calling on all locals, state organizations, […]
http://www.apwu.org/index2.htm APWU-Backed Bill Introduced in Congress; Legislation Would Require Bargaining Over Subcontracting The APWU won a significant victory on Nov. 15, when Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA) introduced legislation that would require the Postal Service to bargain with postal unions before making a commitment to significant subcontracting. H.R. 4236 would require the USPS to submit to […]
Planned automation changes at the Peoria Post office downtown is sparking protests from some of the workers. The Postal service will move the processing of priority mail from Peoria to Champaign. Several workers gathered outside the post office’s downtown branch for an informational picket today. Members of the American Postal Workers union 854 say they […]
Workers at the international delivery company DHL’s new Upper Macungie shipping hub voted against forming a union early this morning. The employees, who help sort packages shipped around the Northeast, voted 217 to 135 against union representation, according to sources with DHL and the American Postal Workers Union, or APWU, which led the union campaign. […]