Philly postal mgmt proposes Super Bowl Sunday schedule change

January 23, 2018 “Management has proposed to the Union that they will offer All Tour 3 Employees a schedule change to work from 8:00am to 4:30pm on Super Bowl Sunday, February 4, 2018, so that they will have the opportunity to watch the Super Bowl in it’s entirety, strictly voluntary. The Union supports this action…

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Philly Local President Clarifies Endorsement and Support of VP Candidate Jeff Kehlert

From: Cathy Gregory <cgregory@phillyapwu.com> To: jeffkehlertvp2016 <jeffkehlertvp2016@aol.com> Cc: Nick Casselli <president@phillyapwu.com> Sent: Wed, Aug 10, 2016 1:59 pm Subject: Follow-up Letter On behalf of Mr. Nick Casselli, president of the Philadelphia, PA Area Local, American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO #89, attached is the signed Follow-up letter. If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Casselli…

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USPS Zero Tolerance Policy in Philadelphia? APWU Local President Casselli ‘thrown out of building’

…On October 21, 2014, at approximately 2:00 a.m., I was walking the workfloor on Tour 1 and was approached by Mr. Hinton who began screaming out my name and making threatening remarks as to what he was going to do to me.  I informed Mr. Hinton that I was not stopping anyone from working.  He…

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Philadelphia: No rain on their parade but labor worries remain

The T-shirted battalions of union members showed up, as usual, for the annual Labor Day parade along the Delaware River waterfront. Right on cue, the politicians were there as well, courting union support for the upcoming election cycle, just as they always do. But something was missing from Monday’s Labor Day activities. Rain. Driving, pavement-lashing…

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