The Aurora Colorado Local of the American Postal Workers Union, Local 6315 ( “Aurora Local, APWU” ),
represents Clerk, Maintenance and Custodian craft workers at the various Aurora Colorado units of the United States Postal Service.



Next Union Meeting
September 8, 2009, 7:30 pm
1010 S Joliet St #201 Aurora CO 80012

Important Links
• American Postal Workers Union Home Page
• APWU Community Activities and Assistance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Postal Employees Relief Fund
• Office of the Inspector General
• Contact Your Congressional Representatives
• Email the Local Union President
• USPS National Emergency Hotline
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• Attendance Control
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• In Tough Economy, Unions May Grow
• Broken Labor Laws Mean Unfair Deal for Workers
• A Street Festival for the Working Class
• FedEx Campaigns Against Labor Bill
• Employer Gets Whacked For $17.5 M For Stealing Employee's PC
• Study Says Antiunion Tactics Are Becoming More Common
• Corporations Now Widely Using
• Workers Face Increasing Abuse in Attempts to Form Unions
• Mine Worker Punished for Trying to Form a Union
• Fighting Pirates: Done by Union Workers
• Some Companies Avoid Layoffs, Trim Costs Elsewhere
• Does America Still Need Labor Unions?
• Revival of Unions: In from the Cold?
• Workers' Unions Call for Shared Sacrifice
• Rite Aid Workers Stymied by Weak Labor Law
• Union: Good Shot at Winning Labor Law Change
• Past, Present Union Efforts Benefit All
• What If the Choice Is Unions or Government?
• Unions Must Win Hearts and Minds
• Response to USPS Notice on Retail Operations
• Union Challenges USPS Interpretation of Layoff Memo
• APWU Assails OIG On Subcontracting Recommendations
• Burrus Calls for Reversal of Bush FMLA Rules
• Burrus Testifies on Capitol Hill
• APWU, Mail Hauler Agree to One-
• Arbitrator Grants Postal Nurses Raises, Job Security
• ‘Summer Sale’ Will Discount Our Future
• Postal Employees Win Important Legal Victory
• Union:Postal Service’s Economic Crisis Requires Swift Congressional Action
• Disputes Over Contract Postal Units Filed, Appealed to Arbitration
• APWU Denounces USPS Rate Proposal
• ‘Stakeholders’ Urge Congress To Give USPS Legislative Relief

Major Study Finds No Union Intimidation from Majority Sign Up
• Colorado Needs the Employee Free Choice Act
• Union Workers Promote 'Employee Free Choice Act' at Shipyard
• Should Congress Pass the Employee Free Choice Act?
• Middle Class Needs Free Choice Act
• Pass the Employee Free Choice Act
• Unions Step up Mass Mobilization for Employee Free Choice Act
• Why workers need the Employee Free Choice Act
• EFCA can help rebuild the economy in Colorado
• ‘Employee Free Choice’ Legislation Introduced in Senate, House
• Getting the Facts Right on USPS and EFCA
• Thousands Rally for ‘Employee Free Choice’ on Capitol Hill
• APWU Friend Urges Capitol Hill Colleagues to Support ‘Employee Free Choice’
• Front Group Spending Millions Opposing Employee Free Choice Act

Fair Wages -
Starbucks Agrees to Sixth Labor Settlement in 3 Years
• NLRB Approves Starbucks Minneapolis Settlement
• Back to the Future: Starbucks vs. the Wobblies
• Starbucks Twitter Campaign Hijacked by Documentary about Their Union-
• Starbucks and Whole Foods: Union Busters?
• Starbucks Cited for Worker Violations
• NLRB Says 8 Twin Cities Starbucks Fought Union Organizing
• Starbucks Loses Round in Battle Over Union
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• Complaint Alleges Wal-
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• WalMart and the Employee Free Choice Act
• Efforts to Unionize North Miami Beach Wal-
And in Other Labor News...



Another USPS Workplace Tragedy
• Managers Accused of Altering Hours
• Workers Allege Inhumane Treatment
• Arbitrator: Reassign Postal Supervisor For Violating Workplace Violence Policy
• Appeals Court Upholds Manager’s Demotion for Violating Contract
• Officials Threaten Managers – Says They Should Be 'Executed'
Conditions of Employment
Has the USPS OIG Softened its Approach?
• Reassigned Postal Workers Facing Big Financial Hardships


April 20, 1914
95 years -



Save Our Post Office!
A rallying cry can be heard across the country, from the swanky streets of SoHo to the tiny town of Randolph, Kan.: "Save Our Post Office!"


