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November 17, 2020
Delivering Democracy: Election Mail Committees are a Major Success
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) During the 2020 General Election cycle, the A...
November 17, 2020
Alternative Delivery and Access Point Program
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Members will recall the APWU’s successful Sto...
November 17, 2020
National Support Technicians ET 11 LMOU Negotiation
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) The Local Memorandum of Understanding (LMOU...
November 17, 2020
APWU Leaders and Members on the Frontlines in 2020
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) From a solid new union contract to the trag...
November 17, 2020
Get Ready for Open Season During a Pandemic
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) This Open Season comes with many challenges....
November 17, 2020
Getting Your Money Back from a Product or Bad Service
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) During the holiday season, we often purchase...
November 17, 2020
Still Fighting for Justice: Continuing to Use Our Voices for What’s Next
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Yes, the voice of retirees, and everyone else...
November 17, 2020
APWU Standing up for Safe Jobs
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) The safety of all postal employees is one of...
November 17, 2020
Suicide Prevention Bills Signed into Law
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) On October 17, a pair of bills designed to he...
November 17, 2020
Continuing the Momentum in the Georgia Runoff Elections
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Members of the American Postal Workers Union...
November 7, 2020
Statement from APWU President Mark Dimondstein on the election of Joe Biden as U.S. President and Kamala Harris as U.S. Vice President
In a close election, former Vice President Joe Biden has prevailed in his campaign for U.S. President. He is now President-elect and Kamala Harris, is...
November 3, 2020
Postal Workers’ Proud Role in Our Democracy
As we enter the final stage of the 2020 election, every postal worker should be proud of our role in securing the public’s most precious democratic ri...
October 16, 2020
National APWU Encourages Continued COVID-19 Safety Diligence
Over recent weeks, the United States has experienced a rise in confirmed COVID-19 cases across the country. According to the Washington Post, since Sa...
October 13, 2020
Social Security Announces 1.3 Percent Benefit Increase for 2021
Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for approximately 70 million Americans will increase 1.3 percent in 2021, the Social S...
October 9, 2020
World Post Day
October 9 is World Post Day, a moment to celebrate the unique and vital role postal workers play in the civic, economic and social life of people arou...
October 2, 2020
Two Additional Federal Courts Issue Injunctions Against Postal Service’s Policy Changes
Two federal district courts have entered a third and fourth injunction against the Postal Service to undo the policy changes that it implemented over...
September 24, 2020
Second Federal Court Issues Preliminary Injunction Against Postal Service To Protect Election Mail
On Monday, Judge Victor Marrero on the federal district court for the Southern District of New York issued the second nationwide injunction against th...
September 18, 2020
Statement: Federal Court Issues Preliminary Injunction Against Postal Policies that Could Slow Election Mail
The APWU calls on the Postal Service to keep its promises and follow the rule of law. And the APWU will be there to make sure it does, working at ever...
September 16, 2020
The People are Proving We’re no “Joke”
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) It is no joke when the U.S. President calls u...
September 16, 2020
Make a Difference and Save Your Postal Job on Election Day
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Currently, we have a U.S. President and many...
September 16, 2020
How COVID-19 is Affecting Union Elections
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) COVID-19 has impacted APWU’s local and state...
September 16, 2020
APWU Initiating Step 4 National Dispute Regarding DeJoy Retail Office Closures
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Recently, management at retail post offices t...
September 16, 2020
Vote by Mail: The Postal Service Can Handle It
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Mail-in voter fraud is a conspiracy. The real...
September 16, 2020
USPS Planning to Reduce AFCS, DBCS, AFSM100, and FSS in its Mail Processing Facilities
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Please be advised that pursuant to Article 15...
September 16, 2020
It Pays to Be Union! Retroactive Pay and COLAs in Recent Paychecks
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) As this issue goes to press, most APWU member...
September 16, 2020
Management Must Abide by the Collective Bargaining Agreement
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) It has been a different summer for all of us....
September 16, 2020
APWU Holds Regional Zoom Meetings
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) The National American Postal Workers Union gr...
September 16, 2020
National MVS Assistant Director Javier Piñeres Retires from APWU
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Effective August 31, national MVS Assistant D...
September 16, 2020
100 Year Anniversary of Women’s Right to Vote
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) “Organize, agitate, educate must be our war c...
September 16, 2020
Staying Safe
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) We all have been affected by the health and s...