AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION - san jose, california - LOCAL 73

 

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Representing union members in the City of San Jose,  Santa Clara County, Santa Cruz County and San Benito County.

SAN JOSE PLANT & DISTRIBUTION CENTER

San Jose Offices:

  • Almaden Valley
  • Bayside
  • GMF
  • Berryessa
  • Blossom Hill
  • Coyote
  • Cambrian Park
  • Station D
  • Foothill
  • Hillview
  • Eastridge
  • Parkmoor
  • Garden
  • Robertsville
  • St. James Park
  • Colonade
  • Seven Trees
  • Westgate
  • Oakridge
  • Willow Glen
Santa Clara County Associate Offices (AOs) by cities:
  • Alviso
  • Cupertino
  • Gilroy
  • Los Gatos
  • Milpitas
  • Morgan Hill
  • New Almaden
  • San Martin
  • Santa Clara
  • Saratoga
Coastal Area Associate Offices (AOs) by cities:
  • Aptos
  • Aromas
  • Ben Lomond
  • Boulder Creek
  • Brookdale
  • Capitola
  • Castroville
  • Davenport
  • Felton
  • Freedom
  • Moss Landing
  • Mt. Hermon
  • Redwood Estates
  • Santa Cruz
  • Scotts Valley
  • Soquel
  • Watsonville

 

About the APWU

The American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO, represents more than 330,000 USPS employees and retirees who, depending on their occupation, belong to the Clerk, Maintenance, Motor Vehicle, or Support Services divisions. The world's largest postal union, APWU is also the fifteenth largest union in the AFL-CIO.

History

Postal unions, dating back to the nineteenth century, have gone through a number of transitions paralleling the growth of the former Post Office Department and its transformation into the U.S. Postal Service under the Postal Reorganization Act of 1970. Under the PRA, postal unions first won the right to bargain collectively over wages, hours and working conditions.

APWU was founded on July 1, 1971, the result of a merger of five postal unions: the United Federation of Postal Clerks, the National Postal Union, the National Association of Post Office and General Service Maintenance Employees, the National Federation of Motor Vehicle Employees and the National Association of Special Delivery Messengers.

Structure

APWU's top officers are the president, William Burrus; the executive vice president, C.J. "Cliff" Guffey; and the secretary-treasurer, Elizabeth Powell.

The union's organizational structure reflects its separate craft origins. There are four craft divisions: clerk, maintenance, motor vehicle, and a support services department. Other headquarters departments are industrial relations, legislative, research and education, organization, human relations and health plan. Craft divisions and departments are each headed by a director.

The three top officers, the directors of the departments and divisions, other craft division and department officers, five regional coordinators and 59 national business agents are all elected by mail ballot referendum of the membership every three years. The next election of officers will be in 2004.

The APWU has more than 1,600 locals located in every state and territory of the United States. Its top governing body is the biennial national convention, the next to be held in 2010. Between conventions, a 12-person national executive board sets union policy. Members of the NEB are the top three officers, three craft/division directors, the director of industrial relations and the five regional coordinators.