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January 23, 2020
Microbusinesses Strongly Prefer the Public Postal Service
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) In the United States, firms with fewer than 10 employees make up 75 percent of all employers. With the rise of e-co...
January 23, 2020
November 27 Declared Public Post Office Day in Minnesota
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) On Nov. 19, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D) signed a proclamation declaring Nov. 27, 2019 to be Public Post Office...
January 23, 2020
One Way to Honor Vets? Protect the Postal Service
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) This opinion-editorial (op-ed) by Detroit District Area Local President Keith Combs, reprinted below, was published...
January 23, 2020
Postmaster General Petition Demonstrates Power of Alliance
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) The collection and presentation of more than 400,000 petitions to the Postal Service Board of Governors regarding t...
January 23, 2020
Q&A with the Labor Network for Sustainability’s Mike Cavanaugh
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) With carbon emissions continuing to rise, activists and organizers have pushed forward a “Green New Deal” to combat...
January 23, 2020
Ready to Go
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Happy New Year from the officers in the Northeast Region. I wish you good health, peace and happiness. I want to ta...
January 23, 2020
Secretary-Treasurer Elizabeth Powell Honored with UFCW Minority Coalition’s Addie Wyatt Award
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) On Nov. 23, 2019, the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Minority Coalition held its 21st Annual Ball. At th...
January 23, 2020
Solidarity in Finland Leads to Victory in Postal Strike
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) In August 2019, the Finnish government announced it would change the salary structure of 700 of its packaging and e...
January 23, 2020
Starting Strong, Looking Ahead
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Happy New Year! It was a great way to end last year when 250 non-supervisory postal workers at the Human Resource...
January 23, 2020
Twenty Questions for 2020
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) 1. What is postal banking? It’s the provision of basic financial services through the USPS, ranging from check cash...
January 23, 2020
What’s Up Doc?
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Postal employees who are injured on the job have the right to select their treating physician. Under the Federal Em...
January 16, 2020
John R. Smith, First Retirees Director, Passes Away
John R. Smith, former Retirees Department Director, passed away Jan. 11, at the age of 91. Brother Smith (known by most as “JR”) was the first ever director of the Retirees Department. At the time of his retirement from...
January 9, 2020
Over 400,000 People Demand a Postmaster General Who Supports the Public Postal Service
On Jan. 6, APWU national officers, fellow union members, organizers and activists, many from organizations in A Grand Alliance to Save Our Public Postal Service (Grand Alliance), gathered at USPS Headquarters to demand t...
January 8, 2020
Deadly Earthquakes Strike Puerto Rico
A string of earthquakes recently struck Puerto Rico. The largest, a 6.4 magnitude lethal quake, hit early Tuesday morning (around 4AM) causing massive power outages, water, and structural damage to homes, roads, business...
December 23, 2019
Tentative Agreements reached for National Professional Postal Nurses (NPPN) and the Information Technology/Accounting Services (IT/AS) units.
The American Postal Workers Union and U.S. Postal Service have come to tentative terms on Collective Bargaining Agreements for the National Professional Postal Nurses (NPPN) contract and the Information Technology/Accoun...
December 19, 2019
APWU Organizing Victory!
On Tuesday December 17th, a large group of non-supervisory USPS Shared Services Personnel Processing Specialists at the Human Resources Shared Services Center (HRSSC) in Greensboro, NC voted to join the APWU! The margin...
December 18, 2019
The People’s Postal Service: No One Gets Left Off the List
The people's public postal service means no one gets left off the list. The next Postmaster General should protect universal home delivery and keep public ownership of the U.S. Mail. It's the People's Postal Service: Kee...
December 15, 2019
We demand that new Postmaster General Must Support the Public Postal Service
More than 230,000 postal workers, members of community organizations and allies across the country have signed a petition to protect our public postal service. APWU calls on all of our members to join. Sign and share the...
December 10, 2019
Message from the President: Stop the USPS Sell-Off & Say NO to a Privatizer Postmaster General!
Postmaster General Megan Brennan has announced her departure as PMG effective Jan. 2020. The PMG has wide powers to shape the misison and service of the USPS. The PMG will be selected by the Postal Board of Governors. Ca...
December 6, 2019
URGENT: We’ve Reached the House, Now Let’s Take the Senate!
This week, Senators Steve Daines (R-MT) and Bryan Schatz (D-HI) introduced Senate Bill 2965. This legislation reads identical to its’ companion bill in the House (H.R. 2382), which will repeal the pre-funding mandate put...
November 21, 2019
Fighting Forward
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) The following are excerpts from President Dimondstein’s installation speech given on Oct. 31, 2019 in Las Vegas, N...
November 21, 2019
Joining the APWU Just Got Easier
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Organizing is a daily responsibility that should be shared by everyone. These days it seems as if most everyone ha...
November 20, 2019
‘Gaining Strength from Our Past, to Fight for Our Future!’
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Gaining Strength from Our Past, to Fight for Our Future was the theme that kicked off Post Office Women for Equal...
November 20, 2019
APWU Retirees Still Fighting for Justice
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) COLA 2020 Is 1.6 percent a fair Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) for Seniors? It is projected that the average in...
November 20, 2019
How to Support Someone You Know Who Is Misusing Opioids
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Editor’s Note: This article is a reprint of an article produced by Beacon Health Options, Inc. written by Beth La...
November 20, 2019
OWCP Online Claim Filing
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) All postal employees who are injured on duty will soon have the option of filing Office of Workers’ Compensation...
November 20, 2019
VA Policy Violates Veterans’ Privacy
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) The dictionary defines ‘private’ as “belonging to, restricted to or intended for an individual person.” With that...
November 20, 2019
Voter Suppression
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) The 2020 election is closer than we think. This election is critical and we are asking everyone to start taking ac...
November 19, 2019
APWU Supports UAW Strike for a Fair Contract
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
November 19, 2019
California ‘Experiments’ with Postal Banking
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)