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Dec. 31, 2009 (Burrus Update #24-09) | HTML

Terrible News, Hours of Tension, Then Relief

Dec. 28, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 147-09) | HTML

In Memory: Clerk NBA Shirley McLennan

Dec. 21, 2009 (Burrus Update #23-09) | HTML

A Clear Picture

Dec. 15, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 146-09) | HTML

USPS Cuts List of Stations Considered for Closure to 168

Dec. 10, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 145-09) | HTML

Department of Labor to Reconsider Bush’s Last-Minute FMLA Changes

Dec. 10, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 144-09)

Healthcare Open Season Ends Soon | HTML

Dec. 9, 2009 (Burrus Update #22-09) | HTML

Here We Go Again!

Dec. 8, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 143-09) | HTML

APWU, Other Federal Unions
Assail Senate Bill’s Excise Tax on Healthcare

Dec. 2, 2009 (Burrus Update #21-09) | HTML

USPS Fantasy Land

Nov. 30, 2009 (Burrus Update #20-09) | HTML

Postal Projections for 2010 Spark Predictable — and Misplaced — Alarm

Nov. 20, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 142-09)

Postal Service Trims List of Targeted Stations | HTML

Nov. 18, 2009 (APWU News Bulletin Vol. 39, No. 4) HTML | PDF

Pay Raise Set for Nov. 21
Members Urged to Support Healthcare Reform
Penalty-Overtime, Casual-Exception Periods Set

Nov. 17, 2009 (Burrus Update #19-09) | HTML

Those Who Tell Workers to Sacrifice
Fail to Understand Postal Realities

Nov. 17, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 141-09) | HTML

FEHB Open Season: Nov. 9 - Dec. 14
APWU Health Plan Offers Two Great Options

Nov. 13, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 140-09) | HTML

Fact & Fiction: The US Postal Service

Nov. 13, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 139-09) | HTML

National Marrow Donor Program Seeks Donors
Remember George: Give the Gift of Life

Nov. 10, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 138-09) | HTML

Open Season: Nov. 9 - Dec. 14
APWU Offers Two Great Health Insurance Plans

Nov. 6, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 137-09) | HTML

APWU President Criticizes USPS
For Lack of Diversity in Executive Staff

Nov. 4, 2009 (Burrus Update #18-09) | HTML

Caught Like a Burglar With the Goods in Hand

Oct. 30, 2009 (Burrus Update #17-09) | HTML

The Challenge: Postal Wages and Discounts

Oct. 30, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 136-09) | HTML

Remember to Honor Those Who Serve

Oct. 30, 2009 (APWU News Bulletin Vol. 39, No. 3) HTML | PDF

APWU Health Plan: Our Purpose ... Your Health
2010 Open Season: Nov. 9-Dec. 14

Oct. 29, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 135-09) | HTML

APWU Testimony on Station Closings:
Postal Service Relies on Incomplete Data,
Discriminates Against Underserved Communities

Oct. 28, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 134-09) | HTML

Victory: FERS Sick-Leave Credit Becomes Law

Oct. 28, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 133-09) | HTML

Social Security to Host Webinar for Wounded Warriors

Oct. 27, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 132-09) | HTML

Congress Must Fix Funding Requirement;
USPS Must Expand Goals, Burrus Says

Oct. 23, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 131-09) | HTML

Unions Protest As Health Insurers Plot to Kill Reform

Oct. 22, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 130-09) | HTML

Congress Approves FERS Sick-Leave Credit

Oct. 20, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 129-09) | HTML

Incentive Offer Leads to One-Time Exception on Casual Cap

Oct. 19, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 128-09) | HTML

Stapleton Goes to AFL-CIO
Powell Approved As Union's New Secretary-Treasurer

Oct. 19, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 127-09) | HTML

Pay Raise Set for November 21
Automatic Dues Increase Effective Same Date

Oct. 14, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 126-09) | HTML

APWU Issues a Challenge

Oct. 14, 2009 (Burrus Update #16-09) | HTML

Mailing Industry Executives Tell Workers to Sacrifice
Are Their Profits Sacred?

Oct. 9, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 125-09) | HTML

371 Stations Remain Under Consideration for Closure
Union Vows Fight to Keep Stations Open

Oct. 9, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 124-09) | HTML

FERS Sick-Leave Credit Included in Defense Authorization Bill

Oct. 7, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 123-09) | HTML

National 'Call-In' Days for Health Care Wednesday and Thursday

Oct. 7, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 122-09) | HTML

Unusual Areas of Agreement

Oct. 1, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 121-09) | HTML

Burrus to Retire at End of Term

Sept. 30, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 120-09) | HTML

Burrus Charts Ambitious Course for Union’s Future
APWU Embraces Change, APWU President Declares

Sept. 30, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 119-09) | HTML

Senate Approves Short-Term Relief for USPS

Sept. 25, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 118-09) | HTML

H.R. 22 Included in Stopgap Spending Bill

Sept. 24, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 117-09) | HTML

Sept. 25 Is Incentive Deadline
Thousands of Opportunities Still Available

Sept. 24, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 116-09) | HTML

Incentive Would Offset OWCP Compensation

Sept. 23, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 115-09) | HTML

Incentive Available to Employees Seeking Disability Retirement

Sept. 22, 2009 (Burrus Update #15-09) | HTML

Union Addresses Concerns About Incentive Offer

Sept. 22, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 114-09) HTML | PDF

Fact & Fiction: The US Postal Service #2

Sept. 22, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 113-09) | HTML

Union, Management Reach Settlement
On Individual Retirement Counseling

Sept. 18, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 112-09) | HTML

APWU Members Urged to Contribute to CFC

Sept. 16, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 111-09) | HTML

House Passes HR 22, Bill Now Moves to Senate

Sept. 15, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 110-09) | HTML

Obama Addresses Labor Federation

Sept. 14, 2009 (Burrus Update #14-09) | HTML

Advocates of Postal ‘Reform’
Attempt to Misdirect the Public’s Attention

Sept. 14, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 109-09) HTML

Obama to Speak at AFL-CIO Convention

Sept. 11, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 108-09) | HTML

House to Vote Soon on Postal Relief Bill

Sept. 10, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 107-09) | HTML

Retirement, Separation Incentive Interpretations Document Updated

Sept. 10, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 106-09) | HTML

Boston Metro Area Local to Host Ceremony
Arlington Cemetery Service Will Honor APWU Vets

Sept. 4, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 105-09) | HTM

Questions and Answers on Incentive Program

Sept. 4, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 104-09) | HTML

Effective Dates of Retirement, Separation Limited

Sept. 3, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 103-09) | HTML

USPS Releases New List of Stations Targeted for Closure
Union Develops Action Plan to Oppose Closures

Sept. 2, 2009 (Burrus Update #13-09) | HTML

Retirement, Separation Incentives:
Unanswered Questions, Excluded Employees

Sept. 2, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 102-09) | HTML

Union Refutes Wall Street Journal Editorial

Sept. 1, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 101-09) | HTML

Members Asked to Support ‘Union Label Week’

Aug. 31, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 100-09) | HTML

APWU Rebuts Myths About the US Postal Service

Aug. 28, 2009 (Burrus Update #12-09) | HTML

The Big Lie:
Postal Arbitrators and the Cause of the USPS Crisis

Aug. 26, 2009 (AWPU Press Release)

Union Mourns of Loss of Senator Kennedy HTML | PDF

Aug. 25, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 099-09) | HTML

Union Negotiates Monetary Incentive for Retirements, Separations
Moratorium on Excessing Through Oct. 9

Aug. 24 , 2009 (APWU News Bulletin Vol. 39, No. 2) HTML | PDF

Monetary Incentive Negotiated For Retirement, Separation
APWU Members Urged to Press Fight Against S. 1507

Aug. 21, 2009 (Burrus Update #11-09) | HTML

Story in Mailers’ Publication
Pointedly Misses the Point About Postal Salaries

Aug. 20, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 098-09) | HTML

Station and Branch Closures
APWU Spearheads Community Battles to Keep Retail Units Open

Aug. 20, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 097-09) | HTML

USPS Assailed for Airing Ads During Bigot’s TV Broadcasts

Aug. 19, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 096-09) | HTML

USPS Station and Branch Closures
Burrus: ‘Short-Sighted’ Strategy Will Mean Long-Term Damage

Aug. 18, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 095-09) | HTML

APWU Responds to New York Times Column

Aug. 13, 2009 (Burrus Update #10-09) | HTML

Burrus: House GOP Takes a 'Cheap Shot' at Our Expense

Aug. 13, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 094-09) | HTML

National Reassessment Workshop Added to All-Craft Conference

Aug. 11, 2009 (Burrus Update #09-09) | HTML

Burrus: USPS Rate Policies Add to Fiscal Woes

Aug. 11, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 093-09) | HTML

USPS, APWU-Represented Nurses
Implement April Arbitration Award

Aug. 10, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 092-09) | HTML

Vote Delayed on Bill to Undermine Pay and Benefits;
Grassroots Action Campaign Extended

Aug. 6, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 091-09) | HTML

Give-and-Take On the Coburn Amendment

Aug. 6, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 090-09) | HTML

Burrus: Amendment Assesses ‘A Tax on Postal Workers’;
Senate Bill Would Destroy Collective Bargaining

July 31, 2009 (APWU News Bulletin Vol. 39, No. 1) HTML | PDF

Union Calls for Campaign to Defeat Anti-Postal Worker Senate Bill;
Teleconference Set for Aug. 3;
Burrus: USPS Initiatives Are Acts of Surrender

July 31, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 089-09) | HTML

Station and Branch Closures, Five-Day Delivery:
Acts of Surrender, With the Battle’s Outcome in Doubt

July 30, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 088-09) | HTML

Union Calls for Campaign to Defeat Anti-Postal Worker Senate Bill
Teleconference Set for Aug. 3

July 30, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 087-09) | HTML

Capitol Hill Testimony
Burrus: Postal Decision-Makers Are Off the Mark

July 29, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 086-09) | HTML

APWU Slams Postal Service on BMC Name Change

July 29, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 085-09) | HTML

APWU: Amendment to Senate Bill Hurts Workers
Lieberman, Carper Join Republicans to Support Changes

July 28, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 084-09) | HTML

APWU Urges Legislators to Reject Amendments to Senate Bill

July 27, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 083-09) | HTML

Quick Action Expected on Senate Bill to Ease USPS Financial Crisis

July 27, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 082-09) | HTML

National Healthcare Call-In Day July 28

July 24, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 081-09) | HTML

FERS Sick-Leave Credit Removed from Senate Bill

July 16, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 080-09) | HTML

APWU Urges Quick Action on Healthcare Measure

July 16, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 079-09) | HTML

Postal Unions Seek White House Intervention

July 14, 2009 (Burrus Update #08-09) | HTML

Changes and Challenges

July 10, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 078-09) | HTML

House Committee Approves HR 22

July 9, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 077-09) | HTML

P&DC Consolidation
Area Mail Processing Plans: Locals Fight Back

July 1, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 076-09) | HTML

Consolidating Stations

June 29, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 075-09) | HTML

Arbitrator Rules:
Repairs Times Not a Basis for Discipline

June 26, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 074-09) | HTML

Drive for Sick-Leave Credit Gains New Life

June 25, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 073-09) | HTML

Unions Rally for Healthcare, Now!

June 24, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 072-09) | HTML

Key House Panel Passes HR 22

June 22, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 071-09) | HTML

APWU on Five-Day Delivery: Don’t Do It!

June 19, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 070-09) | HTML

APWU Endorses Trumka for AFL-CIO President

June 15, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 069-09) | HTML

Secretary-Treasurer Training Available Online

June 12, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 068-09) | HTML

APWU, USPS Agree to Revamped Maintenance Selection System

June 11, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 067-09) | HTML

Union Challenges USPS Interpretation of Layoff Memo

June 11, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 066-09) | HTML (Members Only)

Union Updates Consolidation ‘Tool Kit’

June 10, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 065-09) | HTML

APWU Assails Office of the Inspector General
On Custodial Subcontracting Recommendations

June 9, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 064-09) | HTML

Consolidation of Large Post Offices:
APWU Responds to USPS Notice on Retail Operations

June 4, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 063-09) | HTML

Burrus Calls on Labor Department to Reverse Bush FMLA Rules

May 29, 2009 (Burrus Update #07-09) | HTML

Non-Members Fail to Appreciate What’s at Stake

May 29, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 062-09) | HTML

Army to Award Bronze Star to APWU Members’ Son

May 27, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 061-09) | HTML

APWU Locals Go to Bat for Employee Free Choice Act

May 20, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 060-09) | HTML

Burrus Testifies on Capitol Hill:
To Survive, USPS Must Change Strategy

May 19, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 058-09) | HTML

Locals, Business Owners, Elected Officials
Oppose Mail-Processing Plant Consolidations

May 15, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 058-09) | HTML

APWU, Mail Hauler Agree to One-Month Contract Extension

May 14, 2009 (Burrus Update #06-09) | HTML

Excessing: Know Your Rights

May 13, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 057-09) | HTML

Small Locals Reminded to Submit IRS Form 990-N

May 8, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 056-09) | HTML

H.R. 22 Gains Support from Twenty-Five More U.S. Representatives

May 6, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 055-09) | HTML

‘FMLA Restoration Act’ Introduced

May 5, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 054-09) | HTML

USPS Notifies APWU of Flu Guidelines

May 1, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 053-09) | HTML

Slide Show Boosts Labor’s Top Priority:
Pass the Employee Free Choice Act

April 30, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 052-09) | HTML

APWU Nurses Contract
Arbitrator Grants Postal Nurses Raises, Job Security

April 29, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 051-09) | HTML

Online Registration Now Available for All-Craft, Retirees Conferences

April 27, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 050-09) | HTML

Senate to Consider Legislation Giving Sick Leave Credit to FERS Retirees

April 23, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 049-09) | HTML

Twenty-Two More U.S. Reps Sign Up as Sponsors of H.R. 22

April 23, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 048-09) | HTML

USPS ‘Clarifies’ Some Early-Retirement Deadlines

April 21, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 047-09) | HTML

Pass H.R. 22
To Save the Postal Service, Congress Must Approve Legislation

April 21, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 046-09) | HTML

Workers Memorial Day Tuesday, April 28

April 20, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 045-09) | HTML

APWU-Led Consolidation Protests Gather Steam, Gain Public Support

April 17, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 044-09) | HTML

APWU Local Shows Support for H.R. 22 at New York City Rally

April 15, 2009 (Burrus Update #05-09) | HTML

‘Summer Sale’ Will Discount Our Future

April 7, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 043-09) | HTML

APWU Member Back From 2nd Tour in Iraq

April 6, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 042-09) | HTML

Support Growing for H.R. 22
Union Asks Members to Contact Congress

April 6, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 041-09) | HTML

Postal Nurses Hold First Election Since 2007 Merger With APWU

April 6, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 040-09) | HTML

Postal Nurses’ Interest Arbitration Hearings Conclude

April 2, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 039-09) | HTML

With Approval of Tobacco Bill,
House Affirms Support for FERS Sick-Leave Credit

April 1, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 038-09) | HTML

House Approves Bill to Give Sick-Leave Credit to FERS Retirees

April 1, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 037-09) | HTML

“Let’s Do It for George”
APWU Members Urged to Join Marrow Donor Program

March 31, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 036-09) | HTML

APWU Urges Locals with DBCS Machines to File OSHA Complaints

March 31, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 035-09) | HTML

Postal Employees Win Important Legal Victory
Judge: Unions’ Privacy Lawsuit May Proceed

March 30, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 034-09) | HTML

Bill to Limit Postal Subcontracting Introduced in House

March 30, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 033-09) | HTML

USPS ‘Officially’ Notifies Union About VERA

March 27, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 032-09) | HTML

USPS Releases VERA Info, Fails to Notify Union

March 25, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 031-09) | HTML

APWU Capitol Hill Testimony:
Postal Service’s Economic Crisis Requires Swift Congressional Action

March 24, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 030-09) | HTML

APWU Urges Fundraising for ‘Workers’ Best Protection’

March 20, 2009 (Burrus Update #04-09) | HTML

USPS Announces New VER, Management Reductions

March 18, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 029-09) | HTML

APWU Presidents Make a Difference
From Legislative Conference to Capitol Hill

March 17, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 028-09) | HTML (Members Only)

COPA Slide Show Tells Why

March 12, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 027-09) | HTML

USPS Abandons Plan to Outsource; Management to Revamp BMC Network

March 10, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 026-09) | HTML

‘Employee Free Choice’ Legislation Introduced in Senate, House

March 4, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 025-09) | HTML

APWU Locals Lead Protests of Postal Service Consolidation Plans

March 2, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 024-09) | HTML

Union Designates Women’s History Month
As Launching Point for Organizing Campaign

March 2, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 023-09) | HTML

Post Office in Illinois Capital Named for Long-Time APWU Member

Feb. 27, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 022-09) | HTML

Retirees Could Use Pre-Tax Dollars for Premiums
‘Health Care Equity Act’ Introduced in the Senate

Feb. 25, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 021-09) | HTML

APWU Sets Legislative Goals:
Pass H.R. 22 and the Employee Free Choice Act

Feb. 25, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 020-09) | HTML

2008 Convention Transcript Now Available

Feb. 24, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 019-09) | HTML

New FMLA Forms Available

Feb. 17, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 018-09) | HTML

APWU Leads Protests of Florida Consolidation Plans

Feb. 17, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 017-09) | HTML

Scholarship Application Deadline: March 16

Feb. 13, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 016-09) | HTML

PARS Software Grievance Resolved

Feb. 12, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 015-09) | HTML

APWU Denounces USPS Rate Proposal
Planned Rate Hike Would Continue ‘Failed Strategies’

Feb. 12, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 014-09) | HTML

Friend of APWU Urges Colleagues
On Capitol Hill to Support ‘Employee Free Choice’

Feb. 12, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 013-09) | HTML

FERS Sick-Leave Bill Introduced

Feb. 11, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 012-09) | HTML

Labor Marks 'Bean Soup and Cornbread' Anniversary

Feb. 10, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 011-09) | HTML

Union to Skip Publication of March/April Magazine

Feb. 10, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 010-09) | HTML

APWU Blasts USPS Response to Postal Financial Crisis

Feb. 5, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 009-09) | HTML

Thousands Rally for ‘Employee Free Choice’ on Capitol Hill

Jan. 29, 2009 (Burrus Update #03-09) | HTML

Postmaster General's Testimony Offers Little Insight

Jan. 23, 2009 (Burrus Update #02-09) | HTML

Significant Changes Expected; Sacrifices Must Be Shared

Jan. 23, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 008-09) | HTML

APWU Local Collects 8,000 Signatures
In Support of Consolidation Fight in Florida

Jan. 21, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 007-09)

APWU Members Celebrate Inauguration, | HTML
Culmination of 2008 Election Successes

Jan. 16, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 006-09) | HTML

New FMLA Rules Effective January 16

Jan. 16, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 005-09) | HTML

Inauguration Day Update
Union Observance Limited to Madison Hotel

Jan. 13, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 004-09) | HTML

APWU Takes Issue With Suggestions to E-Mail Greeting Cards

Jan. 13, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 003-09) | HTML

APWU Assists Veterans at ‘Winterhaven Stand Down’

Jan. 7, 2009 (Burrus Update #01-09) HTML | PDF

It All Adds Up
Declining Volume, Killing the Messenger, Excessive Discounts

Jan. 6, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 002-09) | HTML

Secretary-Treasurer Training Available Online

Jan. 6, 2009 (APWU Web News Article 001-09) | HTML

Appeals Court Favors APWU in Latest Round of AMS Dispute

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