The following is from a November 24, 2015 update of Docket activity from the National Labor Relations Board relative to USPS Case Number: 05-CA-140963. APWU is barred from sharing this information by an earlier NLRB Motion but, because it is freely available in the public domain at NLRB.gov, the 21st Century Postal Worker will reshare…
Web News Article #: 210-2015 11/04/2015 – The APWU won an important legal victory on Nov. 4 when the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled unanimously that Staples cannot intervene in hearings on charges that the USPS illegally subcontracted work to the office-supply chain. âThe ruling is very significant,â said APWU President Mark Dimondstein. If…
Web News Article #: 208-2015 11/03/2015 – More than 150 members of the Long Island Area Local and their supporters rallied for Good Postal Service! Good Jobs! Good Contract! at a demonstration in front of the Mid-Island general mail facility in Melville, NY, on Nov. 1. Protesters informed the public about the fight for a…
Published on Sep 23, 2015 Ken Lerch, longtime labor activist and the President of the National Association of Letter Carriers, Branch 3825, discusses how postal workers are fighting back against the efforts to privatize the postal service and to bust the unions. “If we’re not prepared to strike, we won’t be successful in our fight.”…
By David Cohen You wouldnât hand your laptop to a hacker, right? Well, the Senate could make a move just as foolish. Theyâll soon vote on nominations to the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) Board of Governors, which include a longtime advocate for postal service privatization and a lobbyist for the payday lending industry. The internet…
The “Stop Staples and Continue a Vibrant and Public Postal Service” resolution was adopted at the Florida AFL-CIO Biennial Convention on September 26, 2015. The resolution was submitted by Victor Sanchez of the APWU Central Florida Area Local #1462.
Press Release – September 25, 2015 For the past two years, the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) has been fighting a deal between the U.S. Postal Service and Staples that established postal counters to Staplesâ 1,500 locations nationwide. Instead of having trained USPS employees, the knock-off post offices are staffed with low-wage, poorly-trained Staples employees….
The APWU Philadelphia Stop Staples Committee were leafleting the 1500 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia Staples today. They met Jane Caplan, from Oxford, England. Jane is in town visiting friends and was going to enter the Staples store to make a purchase. After reading our flyer and talking further with us, Jane said she would absolutely honor our boycott and…
