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OSHA Proposes $33,000 Penalty for Safety Violations – Problems at Hoffman Heights Station Constitute a “Repeat Violation”

Aurora Local President Shelly Lucido has released a letter from the Englewood Area Office of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration ( OSHA ) in response to a complaint she made regarding safety and/or health [..more..]

Happy 50th Birthday Aurora Local 6315

by Dave Blank, Local Trustee. The Aurora local 6315, American Postal Workers Union will celebrate 50 years of being a Union. It all started with the United Federation of Postal Clerks, May 1st, 1963 and [..more..]

Get Involved In Your Union

“The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.“Vince Lombardi by Dan Van Minnen We currently have 72 members in our local. There is a need for someone of [..more..]

Congratulations And Good Luck To All Who Are Leaving

by Dan Van Minnen The Postal Service got more takers than they wanted. The projection was for 20,000 employees to take the VERA nationwide. Approximately 25,500 employees have opted to retire or resign. In our [..more..]

Unless You Are With The Union, You Are Alone.

by Tom Sullivan I would like to once again thank everyone for the kind words and thoughts that were expressed to me and my family through the cards that were passed around the workroom floor [..more..]

50 Years Strong

by Shelly Lucido On May 1 we celebrate 50 years as a Local. It is a good time to reflect on how far we have come and where we are going. Many people have made [..more..]

Protecting Our Jobs

by Dan Van Minnen In the Maintenance Craft we are experiencing some changes due to the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the parties signed July 9, 2015 and the MS-47. In order to protect and [..more..]

Protecting Our Jobs – and Our Futures

by Ted Seidler A recent article in USA Today ( March 8, 2014, “Disappearing Middle Class Jobs” ) stated that 8.7 million jobs were lost between December 2007 and March 2010. While that number of [..more..]

Aurora’s First PSE’s Converted

by Shelly Lucido Congratulations to Robert Dickens and Nilima Regmi who were converted on March 21, 2015 to career Full-Time Regular clerks, thanks to the Memorandum of Understanding negotiated by the APWU on March 20, [..more..]

Remembering My Father, He Fought For Union Benefits

Editors Note: This is a special editorial from John Dick, a Letter Carrier in Detroit (NALC Branch 3126, Royal Oak Merged). by John “Cementhead” Dick (Reprinted from NH Labor News.) January 12th was a milestone for [..more..]