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Woman awarded $382,500 in case against U.S. Postal Service (WOI-TV Des Moines)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - A federal jury has awarded a black woman more than $380,000 in her racial discrimination lawsuit against the U.S. Postal Service.

New postal rates take effect May 12 (Navasota Examiner)
Beginning on May 12, a First-Class Mail stamp will cost 42 cents. According to the US Postal Service, the average increase is at or below the rate of inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index.

Postal service food drive this weekend (Pioneer Press)
Postal employees will be collecting nonperishable food items Saturday as part of the nation's largest annual one-day food drive.

Sinatra Stamp Marks One-Cent Postal Increase (The New York Sun)
It seems it's still Frank Sinatra's world — and we just live in it. Ten years after Ol' Blue Eyes's death, the United States Postal Service will issue a full-color, 42-cent stamp emblazoned with his image. Sinatra's three children — Nancy, Frank Jr., and Tina — will preside over unveiling ceremonies here and in Las Vegas next Tuesday. As part of its one-cent postal rate increase for first-class ...

Postal workers help ‘Stamp Out Hunger' (Kinston Free Press)
Local U.S. Postal Service carriers will do more than just deliver mail this Saturday; they will participate in the 16th annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive.

Postal Service food drive Saturday (Bowling Green Daily News)
Warren County residents and other southcentral Kentuckians will have the chance to participate in the nation’s largest one-day food drive Saturday.

Postal workers take food donations Saturday (Corpus Christi Caller-Times)
The hottest topics in the last 24 hours. CORPUS CHRISTI — Corpus Christi letter carriers will be looking for residentsâ€™ food donations placed by their mailbox Saturday as part of an annual, nation-wide United States Postal Service food drive.

Stamping out pain of postal rate hikes (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
The price of mailing a First-Class letter goes up a lick to 42 cents on Monday, one of a host of postal rate increases that will affect casual and power users alike. ...

Woman awarded $382,500 in case against U.S. Postal Service (WHO-TV 13 Des Moines)
Associated Press - May 8, 2008 8:04 PM ET DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - A federal jury has awarded a black woman more than $380,000 in her racial discrimination lawsuit against the U.S.

Postal portal (Wichita Falls Times Record News)
A number of residents are thrilled by a new service offered by the Vernon post office.

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Submit Your Protest to the New FMLA Regulations

The National Union is asking everyone to either email or comment by mail to protest the proposed changes to the FMLA regulations. Our Local also feels that this is a very important ...

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OPEN SEASON

Remember that Open Season for health plans, vision and dental plans and also flex spending accounts has arrived. Be sure to make any changes or additions before the deadlines

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All Craft Conference - Day Four

This is the last day of the conference. The class for today was the Family and Medical Leave Act. It was an interesting class and lots of information was given to the praticipants ...

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All Craft Conference - Day Three

<p>The third day of the conference is now over. The morning dealt with a general session at which the National Officers spoke and then it was the Clerk Craft portion ...

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All Craft Conference - Day Two

The second day of the conference has now come and gone. John Kishel and I were in the Small Office Issues class for the morning session. There were many new things that we ...

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News from the National

APWU Testimony: Postal Reform Act Is No Endorsement of Privatization
(04/28/08) Six more members of the U.S. House of Representatives have become co-sponsors of the Mail Network Protection Act (H.R. 4236) in support of the union's efforts to reduce wasteful, inefficient, and detrimental subcontracting by requiring the U.S. Postal Service. The legislation would help preserve inexpensive, trustworthy mail service for the American public as well as USPS jobs by requiring the USPS to bargain with postal unions before it engages in significant contracting-out.

Online Registration of Convention Delegates to Replace Paper Process
(05/07/08) For the first time, APWU locals and state organizations will register delegates to the APWU National Convention online, through the union's Web site. "This is another important step on the road to modernization," said APWU Secretary-Treasurer Terry R. Stapleton. "Submitting paper credentials is a thing of the past."

Upgrade Records to Be Updated May 16
(05/05/08) The Postal Service has informed the APWU that postal records will be updated May 16, 2008, to reflect the Feb. 16 pay upgrade of all APWU-represented employees, APWU President William Burrus reported in an update for union members. The 2006-2010 Collective Bargaining Agreement included provisions for a one-level upgrade for all APWU-represented employees, effective Feb. 16. Although employees' wages were increased on schedule, changes to Forms 50 and other postal records were not implemented in a timely fashion.

Court Upholds Unfair Labor Charge Against USPS
(05/05/08) A federal appeals court has upheld an unfair labor practice charge against the Postal Service in a case involving a supervisor who threatened to retaliate against an employee who had filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit rejected USPS claims that the supervisor was exercising his rights under the First Amendment when he threatened to sue the employee and warned the worker that he "had better get a good attorney."

It Takes Only One to Get the Grassroots Growing
(04/29/08) APWU member John Windle has been hard at work, boosting Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign as the important May 6 Indiana primary approaches. Noting that his state has never been so crucial to a modern nomination battle, the Indianapolis Area Local member said, "I just didn't want to let this opportunity pass without trying to amplify my voice."

Ask The President
(05/05/08) Regarding the National Executive Board's endorsement of Obama for president: Are a portion of my dues being used for this endorsement? I don't endorse Mr. Obama and I don't want my dues going for his benefit. -- James, Oregon Postal Workers Union