THE BULLETIN BOARD
October 2008
[October 3rd]USPS Financial Difficulties; Possibility of Layoffs
excerpted from Burrus Update #12-08
"The possibility that the Postal Service may exercise its authority to layoff career employees is real, but it would affect very few APWU-represented employees. The 2006-2010 Collective Bargaining Agreement guarantees that each employee who is employed in the regular work force as of Nov. 20, 2006, 'shall be protected henceforth against any involuntary layoff or force reduction during the term of this Agreement.'
"If the Postal Service's offer of early retirement fails to reduce the workforce commensurate with USPS budgetary problems, the Postal Service will have a continuing need to reduce the number of employees. I expect that non-protected employees will be exposed to the possibility of layoff.
"The threat of layoffs is just one of the factors mentioned in my previous Update, which informed union members that the November elections have great significance for postal employees and are much more personal than abortion, guns, gay marriage and terrorism. This time it is about your job."
Read the entire Burrus update at APWU's website.
[October 1st]REMINDER: Buy Your Tickets to the PMAPWU Holiday Party NOW!
A motion was passed at the January 2008 Membership Meeting for PMAPWU to host a Holiday Party this year. The motion also called for, depending on cost and participation, thereafter adjusting, so to host a biannual Solidarity Picnic alternating with a biannual Holiday Party, or vice-versa, beginning in 2009.
Holiday Party arrangements for a group our size must be made many months in advance, and so the 2008 Holiday Party is scheduled at St. John's Cathedral, Munhall, PA 15120, on Saturday, November 29, 2008.
Limited space is availalbe, and admission tickets will fist be provided to Members and their guests, on a first-come, first-served basis.
No non-member that works in an APWU-covered craft will be allowed as a guest. There will be no fee for Members. Guest tickets were set at $75 by Membership Approval at our May 17, 2008 Membership Meeting.
Tickets can only be ordered through our Headquarter Office. Call, write, or stop in to secure your ticket. Guest tickets will not be issued without first receiving the fee, and that includes not issuing a guest ticket until the check clears.
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