Article 19 of the National Constitution states the following in part: SEC. 3. (a) LEAVE. All officers and full-time appointed representatives shall be allowed thirty (30) days annual leave with such sick leave as may be necessary. What happens when a national officer secures a doctor’s note/or not and stops reporting for work and is…
I know many things are said when it comes to politics and it’s easy to attack something you never have done yourself. For instances when President Trump attacks anything to do with the military. Or the crew that ran against the 2010-2015 CBA, but had never sat across the table at the HQ level with…
How long does an employee have to be off the window to have to go through training again and test on it? We are being told as long as you have had window training in the past it doesn’t matter how long ago it was, all you need is a refresher course. First Name: Kevin…
As we head into the election of national officers, most have not yet declared, we will be making a choice of which way we want our union to go. After reading the comments here I believe there are three different roads we can travel. One: We can bury our social activism and concentrate almost entirely…
Dear Brothers and Sisters, I’d like to take this opportunity to inform you of my decision to run for the office of President in the 2019 APWU national election, and to seek your support. Originally, I announced my intent to run for Executive Vice President. However, disturbing actions by our current president have since occurred…
My father was a Teamster steward in the fifties and sixties. One day he stopped the boss from bringing in a couple of his neighbors to work instead of hiring from their hall. The boss was angry and word got back that he was going to fire my father. My father called the union office…
The APWU is organizing a National Day of Action for April 15 complete with flyers for the public explaining no tax dollars go to the postal service. This is one way we can push back these proposals to cut our pay and benefits and privatize the post office. Congresspeople: Don’t even think of taking our…
Is anyone getting their Line H grievances settled? Or is everyone going to arbitration? I’m curious since management had agreed to pay 200k of hours not worked at Step 1. However, when brought to Step 3, management threw it to arbitration…. Any thoughts and outcomes on Line H for last fiscal (2018) year would be…
