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August 18, 2017
Early Registration for All Craft Conference & Retirees Conference Extended to Sept. 8
Early registration for the All Craft Conference and the Retirees Conference has been extended until September 8, 2017. The cost is $85 for the All Craft Conference and $40 for the Retirees Conference. After September 8...
August 11, 2017
Second Significant COLA Increase of 2017 Announced
In accordance with the 2015-2018 Collective Bargaining Agreement, career employees represented by the APWU will receive a 13 cents per hour cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) effective September 2. The increase is the resu...
August 10, 2017
Greater Seattle Area Local Hit the Streets – Again!
July 28, 2017
Information Technology/Accounting Services Reaches Tentative Agreement with USPS
The American Postal Workers Union and United States Postal Service reached a tentative agreement for bargaining unit employees in the Information Technology and Accounting Services Centers (IT/AS). This agreement is subj...
July 27, 2017
Locals Inform Public About Proposed Job and Service Cuts
This Postal Heritage Day, two APWU locals celebrated the USPS’ 242nd birthday by holding informational pickets informing the public about the proposed job cuts by USPS management through reversions, abolishments and exce...
July 27, 2017
Update on the Fight Back Against USPS Reductions in Service and Jobs
Following strong resistance from the APWU – and the National Postal Mail Handlers Union (NPMHU) – USPS management agreed to a five-month delay in implementing forced reassignments and excessing of employees out of their...
July 26, 2017
Happy Postal Heritage Day!
July 21, 2017
House Budget Goes Beyond White House Blueprint
On July 19, the House Budget Committee advanced its Fiscal Year 2018 budget resolution. As anticipated, the 2018 House Budget is in the same mold as the White House budget – it punishes workers and the working-class, whi...
July 20, 2017
Update on the Fight Back Against USPS Reductions in Service and Jobs
Following strong resistance from the APWU - and the National Postal Mail Handlers Union (NPMHU) - USPS management agreed to a five-month delay in implementing forced reassignments and excessing of employees out of their...
July 13, 2017
Fight the White House’s Budget Proposal!
The House Budget Committee is currently weighing a budget which includes deep cuts to your pay and benefits! Please take a couple of minutes to call 1-844-402-1001 and 1-844-813-4060 and tell your Representative in Congr...
July 12, 2017
Tentative Agreement Reached with Salmon Companies
The American Postal Workers Union reached a tentative collective bargaining agreement with Salmon Companies, the largest ground transportation supplier to the United States Postal Service. Truck drivers for the private-s...
July 6, 2017
Maintenance Defines Custodial Staffing in POStPlan Clusters
On June 30, Arbitrator Stephen Goldberg issued a national award for Case No. Q10T-4Q-C 15206030 concerning custodial staffing in POStPlan office clusters (a group of postal facilities consisting of at least one Remotely...
July 1, 2017
A Summer ‘To Do’
(This article first appeared in the July-August 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) By Health Plan Director John Marcotte Summer is upon us. With it comes vacations, picnics and long days filled with warm...
July 1, 2017
Get to Know the Non-Member
(This article first appeared in the July-August 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) By Organization Director Anna Smith As I travel across the country to state conferences and to conduct trainings, too oft...
July 1, 2017
Attacks on Veterans
(This article first appeared in the July-August 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) President Trump’s Fiscal Year 2018 budget plan levies an attack against our veterans who are elderly and disabled. His cu...
July 1, 2017
Early Signs of Alzheimer’s
(This article first appeared in the July-August 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) By Retirees Director Nancy Olumekor The following is a partial reprint of 10 Early Signs and Symptoms of Alzheimer’s pub...
July 1, 2017
The Combined Federal Campaign
(This article first appeared in the July-August 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) By Human Relations Director Sue Carney Your Participation Matters. The Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) is the largest and...
July 1, 2017
POWER: The APWU Women’s Committee
(This article first appeared in the July-August 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) By Research & Education Director Joyce Robinson APWU POWER (Post Office Women for Equal Rights), the women’s committee wi...
July 1, 2017
Tell the Postmaster General
(This article first appeared in the July-August 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) Every day, people receiving public assistance pay a portion of their benefits in fees to access their own money. It could...
July 1, 2017
Attend the Legislative Conference Oct. 1
(This article first appeared in the July-August 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) By Legislative Director Judy Beard On Oct. 1, the APWU Legislative and Political Department will be hosting the first Leg...
July 1, 2017
AFL-CIO Young Workers Meet with Brazilian Union Leaders
(This article first appeared in the July-August 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) A delegation of young workers from the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) travel...
July 1, 2017
Selection from the In-Service Register
(This article first appeared in the July-August 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) By Maintenance Craft Directors We have noticed an uptick in the use of maintenance craft in-service registers. This mak...
July 1, 2017
MVO/TTO Qualification Standards Settlement
(This article first appeared in the July-August 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) By Motor Vehicle Service Craft Directors The APWU and the Postal Service finalized a settlement on May 9, 2017 resolving...
July 1, 2017
Building Our Future – A Challenge, A Priority
(This article first appeared in the July-August 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) By Northeast Regional Coordinator John Dirzius As a proud member of the American Postal Workers Union since its birth in ...
July 1, 2017
Know Your Weingarten Rights
(This article first appeared in the July-August 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) By Industrial Relations Director Vance Zimmerman What does a grocery store chain started in Texas in 1901 have to do with...
July 1, 2017
A Significant Step Forward for Remedies
(This article first appeared in the July-August 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) By Clerk Craft Directors The APWU took a significant step forward in holding the Postal Service accountable for violatio...
July 1, 2017
Your Local Election Committee
(This article first appeared in the July-August 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) By Secretary-Treasurer Liz Powell Union elections represent one of the foundations of our democracy. Union members have t...
July 1, 2017
Organizing to Save Your Local Post Office
(This article first appeared in the July-August 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) By Executive Vice President Debby Szeredy Picture this scenario… your manager posts a formal notification stating the USP...
July 1, 2017
‘All for One and One for All!’
(This article first appeared in the July-August 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) By President Mark Dimondstein The Three Musketeers must have belonged to the “Musketeers Union” with their rallying cry “...
June 29, 2017
JCIM is Available
The 2017 Joint Contract Interpretation Manual (JCIM), a resource for the administration of the 2015-2018 Collective Bargaining Agreement, is published! Members can order their bound JCIM for $6 from the APWU Store. Click...