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APWU Testimony on Capitol Hill
Postal Reform Act
Is No Endorsement of Privatization
(05/08/08) The passage of the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act in December 2006 did not change the fundamental mission of the Postal Service, an APWU leader testified on Capitol Hill, and should not be perceived as justification for privatizing the nation’s mail system or eliminating its obligation to provide service to all Americans. Nonetheless, APWU Legislative Director Myke Reid told a congressional panel on May 8, “As we meet here today, there is an active and ongoing effort to dismantle the Postal Service as we know it, to privatize it, and to turn its work over to for-profit companies.” [full story]

Online Convention Registration to Replace
Paper Process
(05/07/08) For the first time, APWU locals and state organizations will register delegates to the APWU National Convention online, through the union’s Web site. “This is another important step on the road to modernization,” said APWU Secretary-Treasurer Terry R. Stapleton. “Submitting paper credentials is a thing of the past.”
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Upgrade Records
To Be Updated May 16
 (05/05/08) The Postal Service has informed the APWU that postal records
will be updated May 16, 2008, to reflect the Feb. 16 pay upgrade of all APWU-represented employees, President William Burrus reported in an update for union members. Although employees’ wages were increased on schedule, changes to Forms 50 and other postal records were not implemented in a timely fashion.
[full story]

Court Upholds Unfair
Labor Charge Against USPS

(05/05/08) A federal appeals court has upheld an unfair labor practice charge against the Postal Service in a case involving a supervisor who threatened to retaliate against an employee who had filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).
[full story]

Volunteering for Obama in Indiana
It Takes Only One to Get
The Grassroots Growing
(04/29/08) APWU member John Windle has been hard at work, boosting Sen. Barack Obama’s presidential campaign as the important May 6 Indiana primary approaches. Noting that his state has never been so crucial to a modern nomination battle, the Indianapolis Area Local member said, “I just didn’t want to let this opportunity pass without trying to amplify my voice.” [full story]

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Postal Policy-Making
[Updated 05/08/08] News about USPS decision- making and how it affects postal operations.



Contracting Out
[Updated 05/06/08] News about the union’s recent fight against wasteful, inefficient, and detrimental subcontracting.


Family and Medical Leave Act
[Updated 04/14/08] Help stop proposed new regulations that would weaken worker protections.



Save Our Mail Service!Consolidation
[Updated 01/11/08] News about USPS plans to consolidate operations and the union’s response.


Ask the President
(Updated 05/05/08) Read online responses by APWU President William Burrus to questions from rank-and-file union members — or ask him a question of your own by clicking here.



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