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2007 APWU Web News Articles

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Dec. 31, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 119-07)

• Labor Arbitrator Nicholas Zumas Dies

Dec. 26, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 118-07)

• House ‘Mail Network Protection Act’
  Gains 7 Co-Sponsors Prior to Holiday Break

Dec. 21, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 117-07)

• Union Restructuring Committee Meets

Dec. 20, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 116-07)

• Spending Bill Includes Rider That Blocks 7 Consolidations

Dec. 19, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 115-07)

• APWU Seeks Support for ‘Mail Network Protection Act’

Dec. 12, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 114-07)

• Rep. Lynch Seeks Support for ‘Mail Network Protection Act’

Dec. 12, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 113-07)

• Board of Governors Approves Proposal
  That PRC Says Could Cost USPS Millions

Dec. 10, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 112-07)

• Union Action Averts Safety Hazard

Dec. 5, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 111-07)

• Federal Affairs Columnist Gives Credit to Unions
  Mike Causey Applauds Postal Healthcare Coverage

Nov. 29, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 110-07)

• APWU Health Plan Video

Nov. 28, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 109-07)

• All-Craft Conference Photos Available Online

Nov. 27, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 108-07)

• Burrus Issues Stinging Rebuke to USPS Inspector General
  Audit ‘Lacks Relevance, Ignores Legislative Mandate’ to Bargain

Nov. 16, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 107-07)

• APWU-Backed Bill Introduced in Congress
  Legislation Would Require Bargaining Over Subcontracting

Nov. 15, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 106-07)

• USPS Instructs Managers to Comply With CBAs
  Letter Is Response to APWU Criticism of Executives’ Strategy Recommendations

Nov. 13, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 105-07)

• APWU Installation of Officers
  Burrus Issues a Call for Continued Progress

Nov. 13, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 104-07)

• Nonprofit Guide Rates APWU Health Plan at the Top

Nov. 8, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 103-07)

• Burrus Outlines Ambitious Agenda at All-Craft Conference
  Union Must Embrace Change, APWU President Declares

Nov. 6, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 102-07)

• Bill Clinton Tells APWU:
  2008 Election Belongs to You

Nov. 1, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 101-07)

• President Bill Clinton to Address All-Craft Conference

Oct. 31, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 100-07)

• Union Condemns USPS Invitation to ‘Ignore Agreements’

Oct. 29, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 99-07)

• Postal Regulatory Commission:
  USPS Could Lose Millions in Proposed Deal

Oct. 19, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 98-07)

• National Union Evaluates Candidates,
  But Makes No Endorsement at This Time

Oct. 17, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 97-07)

• APWU Races for President

Oct. 15, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 96-07)

• APWU Launches Ad Campaign Against Consolidation in Michigan
  Detroit, Flint Facilities Threatened

Oct. 15, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 95-07)

• And the Winners Are...

Oct. 11, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 94-07)

• It's Official! Election Results Certified

Oct. 6, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 93-07)

• Final, Unofficial Election Results

Oct. 6, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 92-07)

• Unofficial Election Results Posted

Oct. 5, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 91-07)

• Ballot Count Begins

Oct. 4, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 90-07)

• Union Election Results to Be Posted on APWU Web Site

Oct. 1, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 89-07)

• Postal Nurses: Contract Talks Continue

Sept. 26, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 88-07)

• APWU Officers’ Election Ends Oct. 5

Sept. 19, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 87-07)

• Union Vows to Fight On At DHL in Eastern PA

Sept. 17, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 86-07)

• New Developments in the Case of the 'Jena Six'

Sept. 15, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 85-07)

• Seeking Justice for the 'Jena Six'

Sept. 10, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 84-07)

• National Safety-and-Health Program Renewed

Sept. 7, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 83-07)

• Guffey Tells House Panel:
  USPS Must Do More For Veterans

Sept. 5, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 82-07)

• Several Local and State Elections Set for Nov. 6
  All-Craft Conference Attendees Urged to Vote by Absentee Ballot

Aug. 27, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 81-07)

• Union Label Week Sept. 3-8
  Support Good Jobs — Buy Union

Aug. 22, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 80-07)

• Postal Nurses Vote to Merge with APWU

Aug. 20, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 79-07 — members only)

• Burrus: COLA Raise Provides a Chance to Build Union

Aug. 15, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 78-07)

• Latest CPI Rise Will Yield $686 Annual Increase

Aug. 14, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 77-07)

• AFL-CIO President Salutes APWU for Work on ‘Solidarity’ Campaign

Aug. 6, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 76-07)

• Online Registration Now Available for All-Craft Conference

Aug. 3, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 75-07)

• IT/ASC, Operating Services Contracts Signed

Aug. 2, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 74-07)

• Postal Regulator Tells Congress of Failures in Consolidation Planning

Aug. 1, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 73-07)

• Union Members to Question Candidates for U.S. President

July 27, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 72-07)

• Tennessee AMP Study Terminated

July 27, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 71-07)

• Candidates Certified for Election of Chicago Region Clerk NBA

July 26, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 70-07)

• Burrus Testifies Before Senate:
  USPS on Path to Privatization

July 25, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 69-07)

• Texas Consolidation Plan Shelved

July 20, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 68-07)

• Oshkosh-to-Green Bay Consolidation Study Cancelled
  APWU Lawsuit Alleging USPS Failed to Seek Approval of Plans Dismissed

July 20, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 67-07)

• Burrus Tells Congress:
  Compel USPS to Bargain Over Subcontracting

July 13, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 66-07)

• Efforts to Reduce Ergonomic Injuries
  Showing Positive Results at Postal Service

July 13, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 65-07)

• 2007 Organizing Campaign Special Drawing Winners Announced

July 9, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 64-07)

• 2007 Joint Contract Interpretation Manual

July 9, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 63B-07)

• Operating Services Workers Ratify 4-Year Contract

July 2, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 63-07)

• APWU, USPS Reach Tentative Agreement Covering Operating Services Workers; Ratification Vote Set for July 5

July 2, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 62-07)

• Labor Department Study Affirms That FMLA ‘Is Working as Intended;’
  Unions Beat Back Effort to Weaken Law

July 2, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 61-07)

• DHL Subsidiary Ordered to Stop Interfering
  With Workers’ Rights at Ohio Sorting Hub

June 27, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 60-07)

• Despite Majority Support, ‘EFCA’ Blocked in Senate

June 27, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 59-07)

• APWU Goes High-Tech
  Union Web Site Now Features Membership Info

June 27, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 58-07)

• National Executive Board Establishes Rules for Clerk NBA Race in Chicago
  Regulations Needed Due to Death of Incumbent

June 27, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 57-07)

• Bank Pulls Misleading Ad From Airwaves

June 25, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 56-07)

• 'UNI' Leader Visits APWU

June 25, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 55-07)

• Public Affairs Group Honors APWU TV Ad

June 21, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 54-07)

• 2006-2010 Contract Available

June 20, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 53-07)

• Unions Rally for Employee Free Choice Act

June 19, 2007 (updated June 21 - APWU Web News Article 52B-07)

• NBA Percy Harrison Dies

June 19, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 51-07)

• Senate to Consider Employee Free Choice Act This Week

June 12, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 50-07)

• Zanesville Consolidation Study Terminated

June 7, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 49-07)

• APWU to Drop RI-399 Lawsuit;
  Union Garners Agreement on Jurisdictional Disputes

June 6, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 48-07)

• APWU Sues USPS Advisory Committee
  For Conducting Policy-Making in Secret

June 6, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 47-07)

• Tarducci to Fill In for Wilson as NBA

May 31, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 46-07)

• Union Asks Wachovia to Stop Running Misleading Ad

May 23, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 45-07)

• NBA Wilson to Resign

May 22, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 44-07)

• Casual Reports to Have a New Format

May 22, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 43-07)

• Wisconsin-to-Minnesota AMP Halted

May 18, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 42-07)

• Transportation Workers, Unions
  Say, 'Enough is Enough'

May 17, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 41-07)

• Brochure Spotlights Union’s Legislative Goals

May 17, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 40-07)

• Termination of AMPs Is Good News For Northern Michigan, Southern Texas

May 15, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 39-07)

• APWU Board Calls for Boycott of Circuit City

May 14, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 38-07)

• APWU Member Killed in Combat in Iraq  

May 10, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 37-07)

• House Bill Would Set Timetable for Consolidation Studies

May 7, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 36-07)

• Mail Processing Staying Put in Western MD

May 7, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 35-07)

• Women’s Organizing Campaign Grows;
  Deadline for Drawing Extended

May 3, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 34-07)

• St. Petersburg Consolidation to Proceed

May 2, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 33-07)

• National Web Site 'De-Links' Locals During APWU Election Period

April 25, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 32-07)

• Twin Falls, Cape Cod Consolidations Stopped

April 17, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 31-07)

• Workers Memorial Day Saturday, April 28

April 17, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 30-07)

• Bloomington, Two Upstate New York AMPs Halted; Bronx Study in Limbo

April 9, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 29-07)

• IT/ASC Workers Ratify 4-Year Contract

April 4, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 28-07)

• Equal Pay Day Arrives April 24
  Unions Help Close the Wage Gap for Women

March 30, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 27-07)

• Employee Free Choice Act Introduced in Senate

March 29, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 26-07)

• It’s Official: APWU Contract Signed

March 26, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 25-07)

• APWU, USPS Reach Tentative Agreement on IT/ASC Contract

March 26, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 24-07)

• National Election Committee Amends Rules

March 23, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 23-07)

• Senate to Hold Hearing on Employee Free Choice Act

March 23, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 22-07)

• Postal Service Continues Plans to Close AMCs

March 20, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 21-07)

• Unions Press FBI to Brief Congress on Anthrax Investigation

March 14, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 20-07)

• Women’s Organizing Campaign Takes Shape

March 9, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 19-07)

• Union Encourages USPS Board of Governors
  To Approve Postal Regulatory Commission Ruling

March 6, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 18-07)

• Retroactive Pay to Be Issued May 18
  National Union to Waive Back Dues

March 2, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 17-07)

• Union, Management Sign Off On Contract Questions & Answers

March 2, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 16-07)

• House Approves Employee Free Choice Bill

Feb. 26, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 15-07)

• ‘A Women's Place Is in Her Union’
  Union Launches Ambitious Organizing Campaign

Feb. 21, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 14-07)

• Union to Hold ‘Round Robin’ Contract Conferences

Feb. 20, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 13-07)

• Raises Implemented Feb. 3

Feb. 16, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 12-07)

• ‘Employee Free Choice Act’ Events Set for Feb. 19-23

Feb. 12, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 11-07)

• Consolidation News:
  USPS Abandons Nine More AMP Studies

Feb. 12, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 10-07)

• Labor Board Files Complaint Against DHL

Feb. 5, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 09-07)

• Dues Increase

Feb. 5, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 08-07)

• Clarification of News Bulletin on Effective Dates of Contract Changes

Jan. 30, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 07-07)

• Union Receives ‘Man-Year’ List

Jan. 29, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 06-07)

• Postal Service Cancels Another AMP Study

Jan. 22, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 05-07)

• Shirley Jasper Named Maintenance Division NBA

Jan. 19, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 04-07)

• And the Winners Are...

Jan. 18, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 03-07)

• Official Local-by-Local Ratification Vote Totals

Jan. 18, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 02-07)

• Two Consolidation Studies Scrapped

Jan. 5, 2007 (APWU Web News Article 01-07)

• APWU Files Suit on Jurisdictional Disputes

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