Shifting Responsibilities
During recent months, the continuing message has been that “the members must engage in legislative action. “Contact your representative” and “You did such a good job that bad things did not happen.”...
View ArticleExcuses
In preparation for the issuance of the NALC arbitration award, endorsers of the worst contract in the history of collective bargaining take out insurance policies against the possibility that the...
View ArticleWhat Did We Do?
The changes made in the 2010 contract will forever change postal employment and future historians will record this as the darkest day. We did much more than negotiate a contract that changes this job...
View ArticleDistorted Logic
Fact: Postal employment within the APWU represented crafts has been converted from middle class earnings to low wage employment. (See pay scale reflecting 25% reduction in pay, plus reduced hours...
View ArticleUnplanned Benefits
The 1984 contract negotiations promised to be challenging. Moe Biller of APWU and Vince Sombrotto, NALC were the union’s chief negotiators and they were determined to avoid the disaster that occurred...
View ArticleSuccess and Failure
During the years of my presidency of the APWU (2001 – 2010) my focus of representation was the expected issues of wages and working conditions. We were moderately successful in achieving the objective...
View ArticleExcuses
I would love to hear the other side from postal employees who do not believe in the union. For intelligent people, there must be alternative solutions. Without a union, individuals would not have...
View ArticleResponse to Facebook Post
A union member by the name of Iris forwarded a message on my Facebook page and I responded. She was informed that I would include my response to her on this page that a wider audience could read the...
View ArticlePriorities
It’s a question of priorities. When the 2010 contract was submitted for ratification, the administration bragged that its priorities had been met but those priorities represented a total lack of...
View ArticleMinimum Wages
Future APWU represented employees have been reduced to near minimum wage in many parts of the country. Thankfully, existing employees have been protected for now but continuous pressure will be...
View ArticleExcessing Beyond 50 Miles
As the USPS’ complement is adjusted to consolidate facilities and coordinate the retirement of 26,000 APWU represented employees, it is time for union officials to correct the propaganda used to sell...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Turmoil
In the short span of several years, postal employment has been altered dramatically for APWU represented employees. Forced reassignments to the letter carrier craft or distant vacancies, excessive...
View ArticlePledge
The APWU election is approaching and it is expected that many union members will view it as business as usual. Since the formation of the APWU in 1971, it has included in its constitution a guarantee...
View ArticleKeeping You Busy
There is something wrong with this picture. The members elect national officers to address national issues but on every issue affecting the national membership, the sum total of the national office is...
View ArticleYou Are Better Than That
Having spent 53 years as an employee or union representative in the United States Post Office, I was exposed to some of the most intelligent and caring individuals in the world. In my book, My Journey,...
View ArticleTaking Sides
How can the national officers oppose rate discounts and subsidy for Standard mail while reducing employee wages to equal the reduced revenue? If one truly believes that the discounts are excessive and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
More Jobs, Better jobs, Career jobs – A Myth
This heading appears in the May, June issue of the union’s magazine under the byline of the President and reflects the gross misunderstanding of contractual terms. In a distortion of reality, it makes...
View ArticleArrogance
The incumbent APWU national officers can tell you that they made a mistake when negotiating the national agreement. If given the opportunity they will do better the next time but they cannot tell you...
View ArticlePropaganda
The APWU negotiators transfer four billion dollars from the employees to the major mailers and proclaim that “we won.” It is strange logic to tell the members with a straight face that this transfer...
View ArticleProspective
I have been exhaustive in my criticism of the contract and many union supporters who thought highly of my service as President and Executive Vice President have tired of the constant negativity. The...
View ArticleEndorsement
After serious deliberation, I have decided that I will endorse candidates in the 2013 national election of officers. I have arrived at this decision as the former president of the APWU. Having learned...
View ArticleVote
With confidence in their capabilities and their dedication to the membership, I endorse the candidates of the APWU Members’ First Team led by Mark Dimondstein for President. I have served in executive...
View ArticleRespect
The next APWU union election will say a lot about who we are and what we stand for. Our individual decisions about our vote will reveal our solidarity and compassion for our fellow postal employees,...
View ArticleMaking a Difference
As members of the American Postal Workers Union consider their options in the upcoming elections they should appreciate what is at stake, their future as postal employees. The ground has shifted and...
View ArticleSelf Respect
Why can’t he leave it alone? That is a valid question as to why after retiring as president at a pivotal time of USPS financial difficulties why I can’t accept the changes that have been made and...
View ArticleALL APWU MEMBERS
YOU WILL RECEIVE YOUR UNION ELECTION BALLOT IN 30 DAYS, DO NOT PUT IT OFF – VOTE! IT IS YOUR UNION – YOUR DECISION – VOTE!
View ArticleVoting
Voting is a responsibility that should not be taken lightly. In the allocation of things that we are committed to do it should be a priority; a commitment that we as individuals will do our part....
View ArticleMissed Opportunities
Not a day passes that individuals with a liberal commitment do not saturate the dialogue with tales of disparities between the haves and have not’s, and the need for solidarity to reverse this trend....
View ArticleIrreversible
No matter the outcome of this election, postal employment has been changed forever. Upon the attrition of the current generation, it will no longer serve as a stepping stone to the middle class. I...
View ArticleArticle 0
I have attempted to inform the APWU membership of the failures of the 2010 national agreement fully realizing that individuals perceive events from their personal perspective, judging impact as it...
View Article
