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May 1, 2016
A Technological Advance: Bid Tracking System Helps Locals Protect Jobs
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The industrial relations department launched the bid...
May 1, 2016
Members’ Bill of Rights Strengthens Our Union
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Under federal law, every member of a labor organizati...
May 1, 2016
With Mobilized Members, Healthcare Workers Win Contract
After a five year fight, the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) ratified contracts at all four Kaiser Permanente units in California late las...
May 1, 2016
APWU Locals ‘Feel the Bern!’
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) APWU locals have been busy stumping for Bernie Sander...
May 1, 2016
Together, Stop Consolidations and Mail Delays!
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) This is a crucial time for postal workers and people...
May 1, 2016
Addressing Veterans’ Unemployment
Left Center Sue Carney, APWU Human Relations Director; Center Michael Michaud, Assistant Secretary DOL VETS, Center right, Will Fischer, Executive Dir...
May 1, 2016
Steelworkers Ratify Contract After Six-Month Lockout
USW members picket the mill in Brackenridge after ATI locked them out. After a six-month lockout, 2,200 members of the United Steelworkers Union (USW)...
May 1, 2016
Staples Rings NASDAQ Bell, Protesters ‘Ruin Their Day’
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Activists crashed Staples’ party on March 15, protest...
May 1, 2016
Right-Sizing Your Health Insurance
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Retirees frequently search for ways to cut expenses....
May 1, 2016
Zika Virus Alert
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) As Americans begin exploring vacation options, it’s l...
May 1, 2016
EAP Offer New Web-Based Therapy
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Computerized Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CCBT) is t...
May 1, 2016
Door-to-Door Success in Canada
Canadian postal workers and allies protest cuts in door-to-door mail delivery service. (This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The...
May 1, 2016
Don’t Drop the Ball
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) We’ve all heard the phrase, “I dropped the ball,” but...
May 1, 2016
Door-to-Door Success in Canada
Canadian postal workers and allies protest cuts in door-to-door mail delivery service. (This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The...
May 1, 2016
Postal Banking: The Antidote to Abusive Lending
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) One of the big topics in this year’s presidential ele...
May 1, 2016
Supreme Court Shake Up
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The changing composition of the U.S. Supreme Court...
May 1, 2016
A Criminal Gets Off Easy
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) You may have heard recently of the conviction of a cr...
May 1, 2016
Contract Arbitration Gets Underway
Mark Barrett, Heather Stewart and Georgena Walker. (This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) In...
May 1, 2016
EAP Offers New Web-Based Therapy
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Computerized Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CCBT) is t...
May 1, 2016
MVS Workers Drive the Message Home
MVS panel participants (top row): Michael McDonald, Steven Dietz, William Drew (bottom row) Robert Stierle, Virgil Fleming, Kevin Knapp and Robert Str...
May 1, 2016
APWU Website ‘De-Links’ Local Websites During Union Election Period
The APWU national election period has begun, and in approximately five months, on Oct. 5, the counting of ballots will begin. Effective May 1, the nat...
May 1, 2016
Postal Worker Fatally Struck in Unsafe Parking Lot
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) APWU member Nadia Assad was fatally struck by a van d...
May 1, 2016
National Negotiations, Grievance Settlements
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) At the interest arbitration hearing for a new contrac...
May 1, 2016
Addressing Veterans’ Unemployment
Left Center Sue Carney, APWU Human Relations Director; Center Michael Michaud, Assistant Secretary DOL VETS, Center right, Will Fischer, Executive Dir...
May 1, 2016
PSEs’ Hardships and Indignities
Nations’ Capital/Southern Maryland Area Local President Dena Briscoe, Lakeram Singh, Donica Collie, President Mark Dimondstein, Richard Ogoh, and Jody...
May 1, 2016
Facing Repression, Salvadoran Workers Fight Privatization
Salvadoran workers carry a banner that says, "Thanks to the Working Class" in a 2013 May Day demonstration. Faced with a relentless push to privatize...
May 1, 2016
A Technological Advance: Bid Tracking System Helps Locals Protect Jobs
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The industrial relations department launched the bid...
May 1, 2016
Members’ Bill of Rights Strengthens Our Union
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Under federal law, every member of a labor organizati...
May 1, 2016
With Mobilized Members, Healthcare Workers Win Contract
After a five year fight, the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) ratified contracts at all four Kaiser Permanente units in California late las...
May 1, 2016
APWU Locals ‘Feel the Bern!’
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) APWU locals have been busy stumping for Bernie Sander...