Official Northwest Illinois
Area Local Website
Updated January 10, 2010
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Northwest Illinois Area Local 7140
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Workers in Small Offices
Postal employees in small offices whose hours have been reduced while
managerial hours have been increased are being asked to complete and
return a union-sponsored questionnaire [PDF] on the subject. Work-hours for
part-time flexible clerks at many small offices have been slashed, APWU
President William Burrus noted in a
column in the January/February issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.
The Challenge: Postal Wages and Discounts
In a continuing effort to influence our contract negotiations, the postmaster
general and spokesmen for major mailers have repeatedly suggested
that postal employees’ wages and benefits are excessive.
Their claims are spurious, but our disagreement on this subject will not be resolved
through debate between mailing-industry white papers and articles in union publications.
The best resolution would be for one side to accept the logic of the other,
and apply the result to wage-setting for postal employees.
Victory: FERS Sick-Leave Credit Becomes Law
(10/28/09) President Obama signed legislation Oct. 28 that will allow postal
and federal workers who retire under the Federal Employees Retirement
System (FERS) to receive credit for sick leave when they retire. The new benefit
was included among a number of pay and retirement provisions
in a compromise version of the 2010 Defense Authorization bill.
NWIAL's Human Relations Report
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FMLA CLASS ACTION POSTAL REFORM
ANTHRAX INFORMATION UPDATE INFO
OFFICERS FLOOR SPREAD (Newsletters)
ASSOCIATE OFFICES SEND MESSAGE
FOR WINDOW CLERKS DIRECTIONS TO UNION OFFICE
MUTUAL TRANSFER NAME OR ADDRESS CHANGE
APWU FACTS REAL FACTS ABOUT POSTAL SERVICE
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The Northwest Illinois Area Local 7140 of the APWU represents more than 2,000 members in the northwest suburbs of Chicago, at Carol Stream P&DC IL, Palatine P&DC IL, and the Chicago Metro Surface Hub, and the following Associate Offices: Franklin Park, Highland Park, Kenilworth, Melrose Park, Mount Prospect, Park Ridge, Prospect Heights, Northbrook, River Grove, Winnetka, Glencoe, Glenview, Lake Forest, Golf, Techny, Wilmette, Wheaton and Winfield. |
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