APWU Convention Approves Picketing Post Offices Nationwide
APWU Convention Bulletin No. 4 - Following Thursday’s spirited rally at a Philadelphia post office, delegates to the union’s 18th Biennial Convention transposed the regular order of business to approve a measure calling for a nationwide demonstration against consolidation.
Delegates approved an amendment to Resolution #225, “that the National Executive Board support and direct the membership to participate in a national day of informational picketing at post offices nationwide.”
The coordinated rallies are to be held on a date no later than mid-October 2006.
The resolution also urges the union and its allies to demand, well in advance of any final decision, that the Postal Service make public all information underlying consolidation, including the effect on service to the public and on jobs. The USPS will be urged to provide alleged cost savings, along with details on how the data was obtained.
The motion also demands that affected communities, citizens, businesses, and employees be given a full opportunity to provide testimony, ask relevant questions, and receive detailed information before any consolidation decision is made.
The resolution says that the APWU will continue to oppose the outsourcing and privatization of postal work that is accomplished through excessive discounts for presorting mail.
source: Nationwide Deterioration In Service Spurs Rally at Post Office
August 18th, 2006 at 9:32 am
I’m telling you, when the public finds out you make over 21 bucks an hour plus bennies, they will be picketing!!
August 18th, 2006 at 5:33 pm
Hey Mr. Foreign,
I guess you think that CEO’s should Make more?..Maybe they should Hire Immigrants, cut pay and benefits…will you feel better?.. Both of us work for the Post Office, Have one child, a very modest home and we still have to operate under a strict budget.. the american dream under the Bush administration is dissapearing along with the middle class we once had…what planet are you from?
August 19th, 2006 at 11:16 am
john for what we get paid we earn have you ever took the test? bet you just could not pass it.
we have alot of pressure to get the mail to you and everyone out there. And what do you pay for the service you get? Your mail delivered right to you mailbox. I can tell you do not appreciate the free service.
August 19th, 2006 at 12:46 pm
Maybe if the public was made aware of the fact that all the large mailers including the credit card companies and others who mail you your bills get a big discount for presorting and pay half of what the average citizen pays they will join the postal workers in their protest. Hopefully, the other postal unions will join with the APWU in a show of solidarity. The only people paying the full postage are the individual citizens!
August 21st, 2006 at 3:05 pm
Brother Fitzgerald is correct! the private mailers are going to get over while the public citizens will have to pay a higher price in the long run. Union jobs do pay better and I have not seen anyone turn down a union job yet! Haven’t seen the middle class? Cause there isn’t one anymore!