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September 1, 2021
Contract Update: Union & Management “Locking Down” Ahead of September 20 Expiration
Beginning September 7, the National Negotiations Committee (NNC) will lock down with postal management for a week of intense contract negotiations as the September 20 expiration of the current collective bargaining agree...
September 1, 2021
Retirees Online Applications for Holiday Temp Jobs Due Sept. 6, 2021
Time is running short for APWU retirees who are interested in temporary work as: Annuitant Holiday Clerk Assistant (HCA) Annuitant Holiday Transportation Assistant (HTA) Retirees have the opportunity to be rehired as te...
August 27, 2021
September 2 is ‘National Gear Day’!
With our contract expiring September 20, negotiations are in full swing! Show your support for APWU – Our Union, Our Contract, Our Future by wearing your union gear on the work room floor on Thursday, September 2. Your s...
August 27, 2021
Alliance to Postal Governors: Stop the Slowdown
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Since its creation, members of A Grand Alliance to Save our Public Postal Service have shown up to defend our national t...
August 27, 2021
New Report Proves How Unions Raise the Bar for All Workers
(This article first appeared in the September-October 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) In April, the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) released a new fact sheet on the effect unions have on the lives of a...
August 27, 2021
APWU Union Communicators Gather Online
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) On August 4-5, members of the APWU National Postal Press Association (PPA) gathered via Zoom for two days of workshops t...
August 27, 2021
APWU, NALC and UAW Request Postal Board of Governors Respect the Right to Organize
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) On August 4, the APWU, National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) and United Auto Workers (UAW) wrote a joint letter...
August 27, 2021
2021 APWU Scholarship Winners
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) The APWU proudly presents the winners of three scholarship programs: the E.C. Hallbeck Memorial Scholarship, the Vocatio...
August 27, 2021
OSHA Releases New COVID-19 Guidance to Protect Workers
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) On August 13, The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released new guidance to protect workers from the...
August 27, 2021
Contract Negotiations Update
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) The APWU and postal management have now been engaged in negotiations for more than two months. The APWU National Negotia...
August 27, 2021
And It’s Got Air
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) The Motor Vehicle Service Craft members who were around in the 1990s vividly remember the craft’s struggles to have our...
August 27, 2021
Women’s Health
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) It is important to take an active role in our health, and continue or catch up on healthy choices and preventative scree...
August 27, 2021
COVID Vaccines: Fact vs. Myth
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) COVID-19 is deadly and is continuing to quickly spread with the "Delta" variant. Cases, hospitalizations and deaths are...
August 27, 2021
How to Proceed When Considering a Merger
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) There may be various reasons why a local may want or need to contemplate a merger. Whether it is a result of decline in...
August 27, 2021
Grief Management
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) When I attended the quarterly meeting of the Denver Metro Retiree Chapter on ZOOM, held on July 24, I was inspired to wr...
August 27, 2021
The Solution to Resolving the USPS’s Delayed Mail Challenge and Building Back Better
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) On July 20, the Postal Regulatory Commission advised the USPS not to change service standards. There were over 130,000 c...
August 27, 2021
Surviving a Hurricane or an Earthquake
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) As I write this article, many APWU members are still recovering from the effects of this year’s devastating weather. My...
August 27, 2021
Update on Postal Service Reform Act
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) The Postal Service Reform Act of 2021 is critical to providing the Postal Service with much-needed financial relief. It...
August 27, 2021
The Billionaire “Space” Race is Built on Workers’ Backs
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) With great media fanfare, three billionaires, Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Richard Branson of Virgin Group and Elon Musk of Tes...
August 27, 2021
August 27, 2021
Contract Update
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) APWU Is “Locking Down” With Management On September 7, the National Negotiation Committee (NNC) locked down with managem...
August 27, 2021
APWU Victory! USPS Ends Attempt to Change Union LWOP Rules for Political Activity
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) On July 9, postal management informed President Dimondstein that they are ending their attempt to change Union Leave Wit...
August 27, 2021
For The People Act: Securing Voting Rights for All
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) If signed into law, the For the People Act (HR.1/S.1) would be the largest expansion and protection of voting rights in...
August 27, 2021
The Power of Organizing
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) I often hear some members asking why it matters that we keep emphasizing the importance of organizing. With 200,000 memb...
August 27, 2021
Labor News
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Nabisco Workers on Strike Across the Country On August 10, 200 workers at a Nabisco bakery in Portland, OR, represented...
August 27, 2021
APWU Member Testifies on Service Standards
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) APWU member Brian McLaurin was asked to testify before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and...
August 27, 2021
From the Field
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Below are quotes from various APWU local and state publications throughout the country. All the publications listed are...
August 27, 2021
Postal Banking Gaining Steam on Capitol Hill
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) There has been more activity around expanding postal financial services on Capitol Hill since the last edition of The Am...
August 27, 2021
Postal Strike/50th Birthday/ Anniversary of APWU
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) On July 1, 2021, the APWU celebrated its 50th Anniversary/ Birthday. The APWU commemorated the event by giving a present...
August 27, 2021
Maintenance: 50 Years Later
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) In 1971, five independent and separate unions representing several thousand postal workers merged to become the American...