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| PTF PSE Canvassing |
PTFs abd PSEs make note and ensure you recieve a copy of the May 2018 canvassing. For our members, click here.
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| PSE and PTF canvassing |
All PTFs and PSEs should review the positions open through the canvassing process. Please click here to see the details of these positions.
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| Hartos ABA Scholarship |
Available now is an application for a scholarship of $1000.00 for your graduating high school senior. In honor of Tom Hartos, Michael Tosches, and Eugene Johnson, the ABA (Accident Benefit Association) offers this opportunity.
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| APWU Sholarships! Apply Now! |
Eligibility
√ Applicants must be a senior attending high school or other secondary school.
√ Applicants must be a child, grandchild, stepchild, or legally adopted child, of a
current, retired, or deceased APWU member.
√ Note: Relatives of APWU elected national officers are not eligible.
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Contract Actions Now!!!
TAKE ACTION NOW FOR YOUR JOB! YOUR BENEFITS! YOUR PAY!
The contract between the APWU and the USPS expires on Sept. 20, 2018 - less than four months from now. The contract determines wages, benefits and conditions of employment.
On June 26, 2018, the APWU will open formal negotiations with management, and YOU can make a difference by displaying your support for your union. Here are some ways you can mobilize:
- Wear your union gear EVERY Thursday! Remind your coworkers to do the same.
- Wear your sticker on Opening Day. June 26 is the opening day of negotiations. Let's all show our solidarity by wearing our stickers. (Stickers were mailed out this week, so you should receive them soon.)
- Join the Town Hall Call on June 14. The call will be held at 2PM and 7PM Eastern Time. Click here to sign up for the call.
- Send in pictures of you and your coworkers wearing your APWU gear on Thursdays. You can send pictures to communications@apwu.org.
- Contribute to the "Tell the PMG" video project. You can get more details and submit your video at this link.
- Host a party to watch the Opening Day Rally on June 25. More details will be shared about hosting a party on the Town Hall Call on June 14. Click here to sign up!
We want to hear from you - which THREE actions will YOU do this month? Tell us at communications@apwu.org. Want to spread the word, forward this e-mail or download and print the flyer to post in your workplace and hand out.
We can't win at the bargaining table without your help. We all have to stand up together. We cannot afford to let management even think that we will just sit around passively and let them destroy our standard of living and our ability to provide for ourselves and our families. Let's All Fight Today For a Better Tomorrow!
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Postal Service Unilaterally Changes Safety Program
Not surprisingly, the Postal Service has once again unilaterally changed a program within the job. This time, the Postal Service has changed the safety program, essentially ridding themselves of safety captains, local safety and health committees, and the nuisance (to managers) form 1767 report of safety problems.
This action seeks to circumvent the Union's and long standing practices. It would put an employee of their choosing in the role of 'Safety Ambassador', an employee to whom fellow employees would verbally report a potential hazard. No documentation, no chain of command. Another way of brushing problems under the rug.
The APWU does not support this postal initiative. For more information on the program and why APWU does not support it, click here.
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Local Dues Increase
General Membership Overwhelmingly Votes to Increase Local Dues
At the February 25, 2018 General Membership meeting, the members present voted overwhelmingly to increase the Local union dues.
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APWU! APWU! APWU PREVAILS!!
APWU prevails again!!! The excessing event we have been under since last June has been lifted!!!
Thanks to the tireless efforts and extraordinary work of our National and Regional officers, we are no longer under an Article 12 freeze. Congratulations and thanks go out to all of our officers who have made this possible.
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VERA Questions and Answers
Questions and Answers on Benefits, Pay, and Leave Under
Voluntary Early Retirement Authority (VERA)
Updated January/2018
The date above indicates the date that this document was reviewed and updated. Whenever this document is updated, every FAQ is reviewed, but not every FAQ requires a change.
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TRUSTEES NEEDED
As of April 1, 2018, the Long Island NY Area Local will need two (2) trustees to serve a three (3) year term.
The duties of a trustee are to review, on a Semi-Annual Basis, all financial reports and examine any documents and/or records that they deem necessary to satisfy any questions that they might have about the financial state of this local.
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Congress inching toward taking money out of your pocket
On Thursday, Oct. 5, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to advance its 2018 budget resolution. This resolution is a broad measure that designates government spending with far-reaching implications, including enormous cuts to postal and federal workers, as well as America’s social safety net, while providing tax cuts for the wealthy.
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Take Action! Your Retirement and Job at Stake!!
APWU members made 5,000 calls during our call-in Day of Action to fight the House Budget Proposal, but our fight is not over.
This Wednesday, Oct. 4, the House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on their 2018 Budget Proposal.
NOW IS THE TIME TO KEEP UP THE PRESSURE. Let your Representative know that their constituents are deeply concerned.
CALL 1-844-402-1001 NOW.
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URGENT ACTION ALERT!!!!
URGENT ACTION ALERT: Affordable Care Act Repeal is Back!
WEB NEWS ARTICLE #:
88-2017
09/19/2017 - This week, the U.S. Senate is working on their newest attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The Graham-Cassidy bill, a last-ditch effort to repeal the ACA, is gaining steam, and Senators are hoping to bring it to a vote by September 30.
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Postal News Briefs
Postal NeWs·Briefs
The Postal Service reported in August a net loss of $2.1 billion for the third quarter of 2017, an increase in net loss of $573 million, compared to the same quarter last year.
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For Your Future, Contact Congress
CALL 844-402-1001
to tell your Member of Congress
How You Really Feel
About the House Budget
Before the summer recess, the House Budget Committee advanced its Fiscal Year 2018
budget resolution which includes an outright assault on postal and federal workers.
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Download:
 Summer Action Flyer.pdf
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Contract 2018 Preparation
APWU Contract 2018
“We’re Fired Up! Ready to Go!
Hopefully, you have received the attached important letter from President Dimondstein about the beginning of our 2018 Contract Campaign, the Slogan contest, and the contest forms.
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Fighting Back
Update on the Fight Back Against USPS Reductions in Service and Jobs
WEB NEWS ARTICLE #:
70-2017
07/20/2017 - Following strong resistance from the APWU - and the National Postal Mail Handlers Union (NPMHU) - USPS management agreed to a five-month delay in implementing forced reassignments and excessing of employees out of their installations.
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Long Island District does it again
On July 19, 2017 Long Island District reduced the number of identified Excessed Post Offices from the Original 88 Post Offices to 68 Post Offices, and the number of employees to be Excessed from 188 to 137. Although this is a step in the right direction the APWU will continue to press both Regional and District Management Officials that their numbers are still bogus, inflated and in violation of the APWU - USPS National Agreement.
MEMBERS PLEASE STAY ALERT - LOG ON TO OUR LOCAL WEB-SITE.....
Peter Furgiuele, President
For more information, log onto the website and go to Members Home
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URGENT!!! DAY OF ACTION!!!
YOUR ACTION IS NEEDED!! YOUR ACTION, YOUR JOB, YOUR PAY!!!
Join the APWU in a Day of Action on July 18th to Fight the White House’s Budget Proposal
Speak Up to Protect Your Job and Your Retirement.
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A small documentary from PBS
From our friends at the AFL-CIO
The Labor Wire
July 12, 2017
In the midst of a stormy political summer, the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers are staying focused on good jobs with a short documentary produced by PBS and narrated by James Earl Jones called “Made in America.” Check it out. The labor movement will never rest in our fight to make the American dream real for all workers.
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Postal Service attack on our jobs
MEMBERS ALERT - MEMBERS ALERT
Dear Sisters & Brothers,
Posta l Management has officially notified the APWU of their intentions to excess at least 188 employees from 88 different post offices represented by our Local. To see the complete list of offices and the number of employees affected visit our Local Web-Site (see enclosed information).
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My job is safe. NOT!
So you thought you had a job, eh? A good job. Good days off, good hours. Seniority has its privileges, eh? You’re a senior lead clerk, level 7, do the tasks you want to do. But do TACS? No, I do not want to do that. Station inputs? No, let them find some junior clerk to do that. In fact, let management do that work.
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Q and A on the Bills Pending before Congress
Get the Facts
Postal Reform Questions & Answers
WEB NEWS ARTICLE #:
34-2017
04/10/2017 - In order to have a healthy, sustainable, public Postal Service, legislation is necessary to protect postal customers and postal workers from USPS’s current financial crisis.
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Washington Post Has it Wrong
WASHINGTON POST GETS IT WRONG
By AGAFebruary 16, 2017Recent News14 Comments
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Response to Washington Post Editorial Board’s “The Postal Service needs more than a Band-Aid,” February 13, 2017.
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The Staples Dirty Deal is over!!!
We Won!!
The USPS and Staples Deal is Over!
WEB NEWS ARTICLE #:
01-2017
01/05/2017 -
Rallying in El Cerrito, CA.
Postal management informed the APWU in writing that the “Approved Shipper” program in Staples stores will be shut down by the end of February 2017. This victory concludes the APWU’s three-year struggle.
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Health Plan Special Enrollment Period for Non Career
For all PSEs and non career employees!!
A special enrollment period for the USPS Health Plan is now open. We encourage any PSE who desires to enroll to review the information and process as soon as possible. The enrollment period ends June 30, 2016.
To see this information, click here.
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OIG and Postal Passport Acceptance
USPS OIG Audit Report: Optimization of Passport Facilities
Posted courtesy of 21st Century Postal Worker
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The U.S. Postal Service accepts passport applications at over 5,000 post offices nationwide on behalf of the U.S. Department of State. The Postal Service agreed to accept passport applications for a minimum of 5 hours per day.
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NO PULSE
03/02/2015 - The APWU and USPS are facing off over management’s latest scheme: The Postal Pulse, a new employee opinion survey.
“The APWU vehemently opposes Postal Pulse – and any other employee opinion survey – despite management notices that say otherwise,” said President Mark Dimondstein. A Feb.
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In today's anti-labor world by Mike Puterio
In a typical example of corporate disdain and disregard for unions, their employees, and the compesation they deserve, Cablevision has gone to new lengths to get rid of a union, and pay their employees less than they deserve.
Brooklyn technical workers voted to unionize through the CWA three years ago. In that time, Cablevision has refused to negotiate a fair contract with the CWA, arguing that by paying those workers compensation comparable to technicians in other locales, it would be unfair to non-union workers. They have also allegedly threatened to withhold raises unless the group votes to decertify the CWA, without ever negotiating a fair contract. A typical representation of the attitude of big business in today's climate.
For the whole article, click here.
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APWU Stands up for Safe Jobs
The American Postal Workers Union continually fights for safe jobs. The Postal Service, as we all know, is not the safest place to work. Learn what we can do to keep ourselves safe, and what the Union is doing to help keep us safe. For more information, click here.
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Money on the table
For those Long Island NY Area Locals who have been paying attention, or have been on the receiving end, the members of this local have won thousands of dollars for various violations of our contract in their offices. Almost quarterly, many of our members receive checks for several hundred dollars to a couple of thousand dollars.
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