By Jory Heckman, Federal News Network – May 18, 2022 Excerpt: The network transformation initiative will impact nearly 500 network mail processing locations, 1,000 transfer hubs and 100,000 carrier routes. It will also impact 10,000 delivery units, which USPS defines as post offices, stations, branches or carrier annexes that handle mail delivery functions. “These delivery…
Now that the APWU national election of officers is underway, one can be assured that “non-political travel” to local and state meetings and conventions by national officers will accelerate to the max. Since retiree chapters have been placed under draconian restrictions on our membership rosters, the contradiction is obvious and ridiculous. So it goes! First…
Attached is APWU Constitutional Resolution related to Retirees of the APWU. We are asking everyone we can vote for in the 2022 National APWU Election if they support this resolution. This resolution does no harm to the APWU in any way. It does improve unification of its members, however. Your support for the resolution would…
Retiree Article 6 Resolution to be discussed at the August 2022 APWU National Convention The proposed amendments states: “Resolved, to amend the American Postal Workers Union Constitution & By-Laws Article 6 “Representation” by adding a new Section 6 and changing current Section 6 to Section 7. New Section 6 to read: Whenever in Article 6,…
Union Greetings APWU Family! We are pleased to announce the formation of the “APWU Solidarity Team” for the upcoming APWU National Officer Elections. Mark Dimondstein for President Debby Szeredy for Executive Vice-President Elizabeth “Liz” Powell for Secretary-Treasurer Charlie Cash for Industrial Relations Director Judy Beard for Legislative/Political Director Anna Smith for Organization Director Joyce B….
Arguments For and Against Increased Retiree Voting Rights at National APWU Convention By Paul Browning, President, Michigan State Retiree Chapter There appears to be two (2) disconnects between still working members and retiree members that are a basis for prejudice against retirees concerning increased voice and vote for retirees at APWU National Conventions. (Note that…
Attached is a copy (.docx) of a resolution fully supported by the vast majority of retirees. It does not have a major impact on the number attending the National Convention due to the fact Retiree Chapters do not have a lot of funds and therefore do not send many, if any delegates to the National…
The OPM recently made an announcement that they are going to increase the costs of certain classes of the Federal Employee Group Life Insurance (FEGLI). This decision was made when we were told that we were going to get an increase in pay of 5.9% due to an increase in the COLA. The attitude seems…
