THE BULLETIN BOARD
July 2006
[July 28th]LifeCare® Wallet Card
You should have received your postcard in the mail from LifeCare® last week. On the back is a cut-out portion for a wallet card that includes important numbers and a calendar. LifeCare, Inc. is an employer-paid benefit provided to EAS, PCES and APWU represented employees and their immediate family members. LifeCare offers information, education and referral services 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, via telephone and online.
For more information on LifeCare®, visit the page on our site that answers your frequently asked questions.
[July 3rd]PMAPWU Wishes All Our Brothers and Sisters a Happy Independence Day!
[July 1st]Burrus Outlines Contract Goals For Rank and File Committee
excerpted from APWU Web News Article #40-06
In a meeting with the union's Rank and File Bargaining Advisory Committee, APWU President William Burrus identified three paramount issues for contract negotiations: securing adequate wage increases, protecting workers' healthcare benefits, and revising the process by which craft jurisdictional issues are decided.
Burrus did not address specific proposals at the June 29 meeting, and he noted that the union's bargaining stance would be refined by the committee, as well as by delegates to the national convention in August. Bargaining is set to begin Aug. 29— 90 days before the expiration of the current contract.
Healthcare premium costs will be a major factor in negotiations, Burrus predicted, "as they have been in every labor contract across the country in recent years."
"Postmaster General Potter and [Board of Governors Chairman] Jim Miller have both said they intend to negotiate an agreement," Burrus noted. "We will have to see if they are serious."
Read the entire article at the APWU website.
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