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02/08/10
» Federal Disability Retirement and the Postal Employee Today
» A 550-worker postal facility set to close
» Prairie City residents have filed a complaint with the Postal Regulatory Commission to get their post office reopened
» Former USPS workers say bullying a part of its culture
02/03/10
» Update: EEO Class Action For Postal Employees Placed Under National Reassessment Process
» Bad Dog Halts Mail Delivery
» Who will brief Obama on the nature of the mail market?
» "Do Not Obliterate", Routing, and ACS Questions-Loop Mail?
» Harte-Hanks Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results
» Flood of input delays postal decision - closure of Olivehurst facility pushed back
» Nearly 20 Percent of Email Campaign Messages Fail To Deliver
02/02/10
» Postal workers at Edison and Whippany plants worry about job future
» Mail carrier videotaped in his truck smoking methamphetamine
» USPS Admin Law Judge says requiring documentation after the fact in sick leave case was unreasonable
» Judge dismisses man's suit against post office for delivering dead birds
02/01/10
» NATIONWIDE ROLLOUT BEGINS Special Employee Training Focuses on Plant Verified Drop Shipment Mailings
» Consolidation talk stirs postal union
» Postal decision in officials' hands now
» New Jersey libraries, post offices halt state tax-form service
» Local Whittier church offers mail service for more than 200 homeless
» Postal Worker Robbed Of Postal Bags
01/29/10
» Postal Service Updates Consolidation Initiative
» Current List of Stations/Branches Under Review as of January 29, 2010
» Postal worker faces forgery counts
» Intelligent Snail: USPS Finally Addressing Crossed-Out Barcodes
» "Do Not Obliterate" - The Video
01/26/10
» Could the Budget Kill Efforts to Save the Postal Service?
» Seattle council talks about junk mail, but what for?
» Cutting the costs of postage stamps
» Is the United States Postal Service Coasting on Green?
01/25/10
» Direct Mail Campaign Helps Generate Donations For Earthquake Victims
» CHANGES TO FMLA - New Rules Increase Time Off To Care For Veteran, Active-Duty Relatives
» Local APWU Calls For Congressional Investigation of Oakland, California Mail Center
» The Direct Mail Market: Structure and Success Factors
» Rio Grande District - Postal inquiry doesn't satisfy its customers
» Elmira Postal Workers Get Official Job Cut Notice
» National Association of Postmasters Newsletter
» Arbitrator awarded $25,000 to Milford NH postal workers in timekeeping fraud case
 Earnings down for many TSP accounts in January (02/01)
Audio broadcast include Pat Donahoe, Deputy Postmaster General, Phil Herr is the Director of the Physical Infrastructure Team at GAO, PostCom President Gene Del Polito, and FERS information with Tom Trabucco of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investments Board and Art Stein, a Certified Financial. ... listen now
San Antonio Alamo Area Local
NEWS FLASH
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 The Union Treatment Center has asked us to pass along some very important information about the Postal Service and their use of "Scare Tactics" when dealing with employees who use the services of UTC. - ...more info
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 FEDERAL DISABILITY RETIREMENT LAWS, MEDICAL CONDITIONS, AND THE INTERSECTING COMPLICATIONS WITH OWCP, SOCIAL SECURITY AND FERS & CSRS - It is indeed a complex world. The multiple issues surrounding Federal Disability Retirement Laws, the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS), the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS), the intersection between such benefits received under Federal Disability Retirement and the choices to be made with benefits potentially received from the Office of Workers Compensation Programs (OWCP), the difference between Temporary Total Disability benefits and a Scheduled Award, and further compounded by Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) payments; and add to all of this the aggressive implementation of the National Reassessment Program initiated by the U.S. Postal Service and -- have you paused, yet, to take a breath?
read the article...
 Ask President Burrus - Question:
I am a Mail Handler in Huntsville AL. I follow your articles faithfully and share them with co-workers at my plant. Congratulations on your upcoming retirement. You will be deeply missed by ALL union brothers and sisters. Thanks for all you have done for all crafts. I hope you have a wonderful, well-deserved retirement.
Ray, Huntsville (AL) Processing & Distribution Facility (01/04) | [Pres. Burrus Response]
New Heights – Of Absurdity – In Rate Setting
The American Postal Workers Union has waged a continuing battle against the exorbitant rate reductions afforded large mailers and consolidators under the misguided premise that such “worksharing” practices are good for business.
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****IMPORTANT NOTICE****
To All APWU Crafts:
If you receive any official letters notifying you that your job is to be changed, abolished, duties added, duties taken away or time changed, please notify the Union Office AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
The Postal Service is taking actions concerning employees jobs, and are deceiving you into thinking that the APWU is aware, this is not true. The Union HAS NOT been getting the notifications as required.
Again, if there are any actions affecting your jobs, please notify the Union Office ASAP at 271-0853 or fax a copy of the letter to 224-6221.
The job you save may be your own!!!!
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 Window Clerks!
Attached is information concerning the Mystery Shopper Program...
Mystery Shopper Comparison - The first attachment compares the 2008 program to the 2009 revised program and what they are looking for.
Mystery Shopper Step 4 Agreement - The second attachment is a step 4 agreement between the Union and management that basically states that management cannot use the Mystery Shopper or similar programs as the basis for discipline.
If you have any question please contact your Steward or Craft Director.
Attention All Box Clerks
If you are being pressured into, or ordered, to scan that all the box mail has been put up by the specified time, even though it has not been accomplished the Union needs to be made aware.
If management is pressuring you or ordering you to scan that the box mail has been put up even though it has not been accomplished they are asking you to FALSIFY an official document. If this is happening the Union Office needs to know immediately.  More info..Pop Up Box
 EMPLOYEES EXCESS TO THE NEED OF A SECTION
This purpose of this article is to make our members aware of their rights when employees are excess to the need of a section. It is important to keep in mind that management makes the decision to abolish duty assignments and excess employees. The role of the union is to ensure the provisions of the contract for excessing from a section are adhered to. By the union making sure the provisions are followed, the union is also protecting the employee’s rights of both junior and senior employees.
... read the article -submitted by SAAAL President Alex Aleman - March/April Dispatch
Pre-Disciplinary Interview (PDI)
The purpose of this article will be to try and clarify some typical questions which arise from and procedures that govern a proper PDI.
First, please do not confuse PDI with an official discussion. The contract, under Article 16 (the discipline procedure) still requires management to give an official discussion, for minor offenses, prior to issuing discipline. You do not have the right to union representation for an official discussion.
....more on this article 
 Step 1 Grievance Form Outline
I am including a STEP 1 GRIEVANCE FORM that you can fill out with the station name or associate office. We are losing a lot of work due to these grievances NOT being filed. I need your assistance in waging this war on reclaiming our Clerk work back!!! Make copies of this form and keep handy. The grievance must be filed within 14 days of the violation. Put a date and fill in the information in the grievance body. This STEP 1 will cover either management or carriers (rural carriers) performing Clerk work. Once the grievance is filed, a chief steward or I will handle the STEP 2 APPEAL.
...download the form -submitted by Clerk Craft Director "B", Sandra Lira
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Letter Mail Processing
New Game For The Season
and last years favorite
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APWU News Feed 
 One of the best ways to stop the spread of the flu (like H1N1) is for sick people to stay home. But Wal-Mart gives employees "demerits" that can lead to termination if they call in sick!
We think the real demerits should go to Wal-Mart for their bad sick days policy, which risks making the public sick and their employees sicker.
Give Wal-Mart a "Demerit Badge" by signing the petition today! We'll deliver your signatures, along with real demerit badges, to Walmart executives to call them out for their terrible sick days policies.
Sign the petition
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