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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 Harper. Nine Postal Support Employees presented emotional testimony o...

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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 Harper. Nine Postal Support Employees presented emotional testimony o...

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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. Recently, many have asked if you can still switch your coverage under...

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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. Recently, many have asked if you can still switch your coverage under...

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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, protesting in front of the NASDAQ building in Times Square, while company exe...

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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, protesting in front of the NASDAQ building in Times Square, while company exe...

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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) at specialty steelmaker Allegheny Technologies, Inc. (ATI) have ratif...

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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) at specialty steelmaker Allegheny Technologies, Inc. (ATI) have ratif...

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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 will have a broad impact on postal workers and the labor movement as a...

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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 will have a broad impact on postal workers and the labor movement as a...

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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 who depend upon a public Postal Service. While we are engaged in the c...

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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 who depend upon a public Postal Service. While we are engaged in the c...

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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 last year.

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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 last year.

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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 likely that alarming reports regarding the Zika virus are causing conce...

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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 likely that alarming reports regarding the Zika virus are causing conce...

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April 30, 2016

The U.S. Post Office: The Workers’ Savings Bank

The first depositors at the New York Postal Savings Bank. Once upon a time, in a not-so-far-away land, working people were able to safely deposit and withdraw their hard-earned dollars, with no excessive fees or fuss. Ev...

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April 30, 2016

The U.S. Post Office: The Workers’ Savings Bank

The first depositors at the New York Postal Savings Bank. Once upon a time, in a not-so-far-away land, working people were able to safely deposit and withdraw their hard-earned dollars, with no excessive fees or fuss. Ev...

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April 29, 2016

APWU West Virginia State Convention Feels the Bern!

Attendees of the APWU West Virginia State Convention were Feeling the Bern on April 28, as the National Nurses United (NNU) Bernie Bus made a stop in Charleston, WV.  

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April 29, 2016

APWU West Virginia State Convention Feels the Bern!

Attendees of the APWU West Virginia State Convention were Feeling the Bern on April 28, as the National Nurses United (NNU) Bernie Bus made a stop in Charleston, WV.  

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April 28, 2016

OIG: USPS Cost-Cutting Strategies ‘Not Sustainable’

The Postal Service has cut labor costs by more than $10 billion since the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (PAEA) was passed in 2006, but its cost-cutting strategies are “not sustainable,” according to a recent ...

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April 28, 2016

OIG: USPS Cost-Cutting Strategies ‘Not Sustainable’

The Postal Service has cut labor costs by more than $10 billion since the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (PAEA) was passed in 2006, but its cost-cutting strategies are “not sustainable,” according to a recent ...

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April 27, 2016

Celebrate May Day, International Workers Day, May 1

A 1933 May Day celebration in New York City. May Day, the International Workers Day, is celebrated around the world on May 1. Although May Day originated in Chicago in the 1880s when workers first fought for the eight-ho...

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April 27, 2016

Celebrate May Day, International Workers Day, May 1

A 1933 May Day celebration in New York City. May Day, the International Workers Day, is celebrated around the world on May 1. Although May Day originated in Chicago in the 1880s when workers first fought for the eight-ho...

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April 27, 2016

Santa Ana Second Graders Love Writing Letters – And Saving Our Post Office

St. Anne’s second graders show off letters they wrote to their parents asking them to help Save Our Post Office. Chief Steward Sandra German and Western Region Coordinator Omar Gonzalez visited on April 25. After a visit...

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April 27, 2016

Santa Ana Second Graders Love Writing Letters – And Saving Our Post Office

St. Anne’s second graders show off letters they wrote to their parents asking them to help Save Our Post Office. Chief Steward Sandra German and Western Region Coordinator Omar Gonzalez visited on April 25. After a visit...

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April 25, 2016

Idaho Sends Resolution Opposing Plant Consolidations to U.S. Senate

An Idaho resolution opposing mail processing plant consolidations and USPS service cuts was delivered to the U.S. Senate on April 19 – a year after Postal Service shuttered the Pocatello plant.

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April 25, 2016

Idaho Sends Resolution Opposing Plant Consolidations to U.S. Senate

An Idaho resolution opposing mail processing plant consolidations and USPS service cuts was delivered to the U.S. Senate on April 19 – a year after Postal Service shuttered the Pocatello plant.