2003 APWU News
Dec. 19, 2003 (News Service Bulletin Vol. 33, No. 24) HTML | PDF
- APWU, USPS Reach Agreement on Voluntary Early Retirement;
Interested, Eligible Employees
Must Notify Union Immediately
- Early Retirement: What You Must Do
- COLA Update
- Fox Postal Skit Prompts USPS
to Shift Advertising to NBC
- Relief Fund to Cover Home Fires
Dec. 9, 2003 (News Service Bulletin Vol. 33, No. 23) HTML | PDF
- White House Calls For 'Comprehensive Postal Reform'
- Postal Workers' Health Insurance Open Season Extended 3 Weeks
- Agreement Reached On Rehab-Assignment Complaint Before EEOC
- Postal Employees Fighting Terrorism Granted Five Days of Uncharged
Leave
- COLA Update
Nov. 13, 2003 (News Service Bulletin Vol. 33, No. 22) HTML | PDF
- Reminder: Employees Seeking 'Early Outs' To Provide Information
- Union Members' Participation Sought In Upcoming 'Human Rights Day'
Nov. 12, 2003 (News Service Bulletin Vol. 33, No. 21) HTML | PDF
- USPS, GAO Give Mostly Favorable Reviews To Commission's Report
- Voluntary Early Retirement Court Releases Interim Decision,
Final
Ruling Expected in January;
Judge Says Late 2004 Deadline Protects Employee
Rights
- Raise, Upgrades Take Effect This Month
- Penalty Overtime Exclusion Period Set
- Legislators, APWU Representatives Tour Soon-to-Reopen Washington
P&DC
- 80,000 Grocery Workers Strike Over Health-Care Benefits Cuts
Nov. 7, 2003 (Burrus Update #24-03) | HTML
- Voluntary Early Retirement: Interim Decision Received,
Further Court
Action Expected by Early 2004
Oct. 24, 2003 (News Service Bulletin Vol. 33, No. 20) HTML | PDF
- Brentwood Safe For Re-Opening, Officials Testify
Unions Find Fault
With Communication on Health Issues
- Voluntary Early Retirement:
Judge to Rule in Two Weeks On Petition to Compel Arbitration
- APWU Seeks Information From Members Seeking 'Early Out' Opportunities
in 2004
- Senate Sets Next Commission Hearing Date
- COLA Update
Oct. 24, 2003 (Burrus Update #23-03) | HTML
- Voluntary Early Retirement:
Judge to Rule in Two Weeks on Union Petition
to Compel Arbitration
Oct. 23, 2003 (Burrus Update #22-03) | HTML
- Voluntary Early Retirement:
Alternate Dates to Be Set Next Spring
Oct. 10, 2003 (News Service Bulletin Vol. 33, No. 19) HTML | PDF
- Voluntary Early Retirement:
Talks Clarify Status Of Many Eligible Members
- Safety Gloves to Be Permitted on Automated Equipment
- Advanced Arbitration Conference
Oct. 10, 2003 (Burrus Update #21-03) | HTML
- Voluntary Early Retirement:
Court Date Set; Status of Many Eligible
Members Clarified
Oct. 10, 2003 (News Service Bulletin Vol. 33, No. 18) HTML | PDF
- Take Control Make the Move to APWU Health Plan
- High Option Plan Continues To Offer Great Coverage, Value
- How to Enroll
- APWU Health Plan
- Open Season Hotline
- Earn $25 for Every APWU Member You Enroll
Oct. 2, 2003 (Burrus Update #20-03) | HTML
- USPS Allows Districts to Disapprove Early Outs
Sept. 25, 2003 (News Service Bulletin Vol. 33, No. 17) HTML | PDF
- USPS Seeks to Impose Restrictions In Offer on Early Retirements;
Management
Reneges on Agreement With Union
- Commission 'Reform' Scheme Has First Review on Capitol Hill
- COLA Update
- Yale Workers Win 8-Year Contract, Vastly Improved Retirement Package
- Unions Lead Drive to Turn Back Latest Effort to Nix Overtime
- Anti-Privatization
Victory for Federal Workforce
- Immigrant Riders Take 'Freedom Rider' High Road
Sept. 17, 2003 (Burrus Update #19-03) | HTML
- Senate Committee Holds Hearing on Postal Reform
Sept. 12, 2003 (News Service Bulletin Vol. 33, No. 16) HTML | PDF
- APWU Files Suit To Force Resolution Of 'Early Out' Dispute
- Union Fights Back Against 'Reform' Proposals
- Panel Member Suffering Labor Pains
- Cipro Side Effects Subject of Lawsuit
- PostalEASE Allotment Problem Fixed
- COLA Update
- Retirement, Injury Compensation Conference
- National Presidents' Conference
Sept. 8, 2003 (Burrus Update #18-03) | HTML
- Employees Have Until Oct. 27 to Make Final Early-Outs Decision
Sept. 8, 2003 (Burrus Update #17-03) | HTML
- Tributes to Honor Moe Biller
Sept. 5, 2003 Press Release | PDF
- Moe Biller, 1915 2003, President Emeritus,
American Postal Workers Union
Sept. 5, 2003 (News Service Bulletin Vol. 33, No. 15) HTML | PDF
July 31, 2003 (APWU Press Release) | PDF
- Postal Commission Report Serves Advertising Mailers
at Public's Expense,
APWU President Charges
July 30, 2003 (Burrus Update #16-03) | HTML
- Union Seeks Expedited Arbitration on Early Outs
July 23, 2003 (News Service Bulletin Vol. 33, No. 14) HTML | PDF
- Burrus Assails Commission's Work as 'Fundamentally Dishonest';
Recommendations
Threaten Consumers, Workers
- Early Retirement: 'All' Means All
- 'Moe Biller' Conference Focuses on Postal Reform
- Sen. Carper Criticizes Commission
July 16, 2003 (Burrus Update #15-03) | HTML
- Presidential Commission Adopts Recommendations of Two Subcommittees
July 8, 2003 (News Service Bulletin Vol. 33, No. 13) HTML | PDF
- APWU Board Vows to Do 'Whatever It Takes' to Prevent Gutting of USPS;
Dues Assessment Approved to Fund Media Campaign
- Union Delivers Final Message To 'Stacked Deck' Commission
- Time Line Established For Early-Out Opportunities
- Members Can Now Contribute to COPA With PostalEase
- Clerk Craft Conference
July 2, 2003 (Burrus Update #14-03) | HTML
- Time Line Set for Early-Out Eligibility
July 2, 2003 (Burrus Update #13-03) | HTML
- Lobbyists Make Final Push to Influence Presidential Panel
June 20, 2003 (News Service Bulletin Vol.33, No. 12) HTML | PDF
- General Time Line Set for Early Outs
- Sen. Carper Introduces Postal Reform Legislation
- Eight-Digit Employee ID Numbers to Replace Social Security Numbers
- Moe Biller Labor Lecture Series
- Secretary-Treasurers' Conference
- COLA Update
- Retirement, Injury Compensation Conference
June 20, 2003 (Burrus Update #12-03) | HTML
- General Time Line Set for Early Outs
June 16, 2003 (News Service Bulletin Vol. 33, No. 11) HTML | PDF
- OPM Notifies APWU: Early Outs Approved
- Survey Shows Americans Like USPS 'The Way It Is'
- Unions Derail Comp-Time Bill
- In Solidarity With Hotel Workers, POWER Conference May Be Moved
- Biohazard Detection System Testing Postponed
- Retirement, Injury Compensation Conference
June 16, 2003 (Burrus Update #11-03) | HTML
- OPM Notifies APWU: Early Outs Approved
June 16, 2003 (Burrus Update #10-03) | HTML
- Survey Results Pose Important Questions
June 13, 2003 (Burrus Update #9-03) | HTML
- OPM Publishes New 'Early Out' Regs
June 4, 2003 (Burrus Update #8-03) | HTML
- OPM Approves Early Retirement Rules;
Personnel Agency Forwards Regulations
to OMB for Final Approval
May 29, 2003 (News Service Bulletin Vol. 33, No. 10) HTML | PDF
- Wages, Benefits Attacked In Final Days of Testimony Before Postal
Commission
- Maine APWU Delegation, Burrus Meet With Sens. Collins and Snow
- Private-Sector O.T. Pay Jeopardized By Proposed 'Comp Time' Measures
- 28 House Republicans Help Fight Onerous Labor Reporting Proposals
- Arbitration Training Conference
- National Power Conference
May 19, 2003 (APWU Press Release) | PDF
- Postal Workers Were Denied Right to Make
Informed Decisions,
APWU President Tells House Subcommittee
May 19, 2003 (News Service Bulletin Vol. 33, No. 9) HTML | PDF
- Commission Hires Consultants to Query Workers About Pay;
Survey on
Bargaining Issues 'Totally Inappropriate'
- Workers Were Denied Right to Make Informed Decisions
During Anthrax
Crisis, Burrus Tells House Panel
- USPS and APWU Still Waiting to Hear About Early Outs Offer
- COLA Update
- National Presidents' Conference
- Postal Press Editors' Conference
May 9, 2003 (Burrus Update #7-03) | HTML
- Early Retirement Regulations Awaiting OPM Approval
April 30, 2003 (News Service Bulletin Vol. 33, No. 8) HTML | PDF
- Postal Collective Bargaining Serves America Well, Burrus Tells Commission
- A Call for Activism
- GAO Says Postal Workers Withheld Anthrax Information From Connecticut
Workers
- APWU Applauds Passage Of Retirement Fund Reform Act
- APWU President on Ebony 100+ List
- News Service News
- COLA Update
- Bulk Mail Center Conference
April 29, 2003 (APWU Press Release) | PDF
- Collective Bargaining is 'Alive and Well,' APWU
President Tells Postal Commission
April 18, 2003 (APWU Press Release) | PDF
- APWU Applauds Passage of CSRS Funding
Reform Legislation
April 7, 2003 (News Service Bulletin Vol. 33, No. 7) HTML | PDF
- OPM Action Delays Early Outs New Regulations Expected in Three Weeks
- APWU, USPS Reach Key Settlement On RMD, Related Attendance Issues
- Postal Commission Takes Road Show to L.A.
- Two Key Republicans Sidetrack GOP Leaders' Plan to Raid Benefits
- Workers Memorial Day Is April 28
- Deaf/Hard of Hearing National Conference
- Injury Compensation Seminar
April 4, 2003 (Burrus Update #6-03) | HTML
- Early Retirements Delayed, Pending Publication of New Regulations
March 20, 2003 (Burrus Update #5-03) | HTML
- Mailers' Rebuttals Fall Flat
March 19, 2003 (News Service Bulletin Vol. 33, No. 6) HTML | PDF
- House GOP Leaders Target Postal, Federal Workers, Retirees' Benefits
- APWU Action Needed
- 'Early Outs' Survey Deadline is March 25
- Postal Commission Studies High-Tech Impact on Business
- APWU Board Expresses Support for Troops
- Support Services Units Approve CBA Extensions
March 10, 2003 (News Service Bulletin Vol. 33, No. 5) HTML | PDF
- APWU, USPS Discuss Procedures for Early Outs;
Union Seeks Information
From Interested Employees
- A Survey Not an Application Form
- CSRS Funding-Formula Bills Advance in Congress
- COLA Update
- Postal Committees Announced
- The Commission: What's Next
- No Anthrax Spores Found in Tests Of Fumigated Brentwood Facility
- 91 USPS Sites on OSHA 'High-Injury' List
March 10, 2003 (Burrus Update #4-03) | HTML
- Preparing to Implement Voluntary Early Retirements
March 4, 2003 (Burrus Update #3-03) | HTML
- Anti-War Activities Set for March 12
- Material on President's Commission
Being Prepared for Locals
Feb. 20, 2003 (APWU Press Release)
- APWU President Testifies before President's
Commission
On the U.S. Postal Service | PDF
Feb. 20, 2003 (News Service Bulletin Vol. 33, No. 4) HTML | PDF
- APWU to Commission: Work-Sharing Works Only When Mailers Pay Their
Fair Share
- Commissioners Hear Range Of Largely Similar Views
- The Commission: What's Next
- Lawmakers Seek to Adjust CSRS Funding Formula;
An Opportunity to
Reduce USPS Deficit
Feb. 11, 2003 (News Service Bulletin Vol. 33, No. 3) HTML | PDF
- Burrus to Address Presidential Panel;
APWU Leader to Stress USPS 'Flawed
Rate Structure'
- Subcommittee Members
- Taking the Message to Major Mailers
- National Presidents' Conference
- Basic Arbitration Training Conference
Jan. 27, 2003 (Burrus Update #2-03) | HTML
- USPS Requests Authority for Early Outs
Jan. 22, 2003 (News Service Bulletin Vol. 33, No. 2) HTML | PDF
- APWU Board Issues Resolution Opposing Attack on Iraq
- Moratorium on Excessing Extended
- Local and State COPA Contributions
- Early Retirement Options
- Mailing List Update Update
Jan. 10, 2003 (News Service Bulletin Vol. 33, No. 1) HTML | PDF
- Postal Commission Holds First Session
- Local-by-Local Vote Counts Available at www.apwu.org
- Deaf/Hard of Hearing Conference
- Secretary-Treasurer Seminars
Jan. 10, 2003 (Burrus Update #1-03) | HTML
- Finalizing the Contract Extension
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