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January 13, 2016

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Clerk Craft Resolves Dispute on Scheme Requirements

The APWU and USPS reached agreement on disputes involving scheme requirements and dexterity qualifications, Clerk Craft Director Clint Burelson has announced. The disputes arose in February and March 2015, when managemen...

January 13, 2016

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Clerk Craft Resolves Dispute on Scheme Requirements

The APWU and USPS reached agreement on disputes involving scheme requirements and dexterity qualifications, Clerk Craft Director Clint Burelson has announced. The disputes arose in February and March 2015, when managemen...

January 13, 2016

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Clerk Craft Resolves Dispute on Scheme Requirements

The APWU and USPS reached agreement on disputes involving scheme requirements and dexterity qualifications, Clerk Craft Director Clint Burelson has announced.

January 13, 2016

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Clerk Craft Resolves Dispute on Scheme Requirements

The APWU and USPS reached agreement on disputes involving scheme requirements and dexterity qualifications, Clerk Craft Director Clint Burelson has announced.

January 13, 2016

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March Webinar Schedule

The Secretary Treasurer's office has scheduled a series of webinars this March, to guide you through the annual financial report required by the Department of Labor for unions that take in between $10,000 and $150,000 in...

January 13, 2016

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March Webinar Schedule

The Secretary Treasurer's office has scheduled a series of webinars this March, to guide you through the annual financial report required by the Department of Labor for unions that take in between $10,000 and $150,000 in...

January 13, 2016

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March Webinar Schedule

The Secretary Treasurer's office has scheduled a series of webinars on LM 2, LM 3, and LM 4 forms, which are annual financial reports required by the Department of Labor.  Learn the essentials so you complete these forms...

January 13, 2016

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March Webinar Schedule

The Secretary Treasurer's office has scheduled a series of webinars on LM 2, LM 3, and LM 4 forms, which are annual financial reports required by the Department of Labor.  Learn the essentials so you complete these forms...

January 13, 2016

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Honoring the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

On Jan. 18, the APWU will join the nation to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who dedicated his life to the fight for racial and economic justice. The civil rights movement and the labor movement continue to draw inspir...

January 13, 2016

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Honoring the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

On Jan. 18, the APWU will join the nation to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who dedicated his life to the fight for racial and economic justice. The civil rights movement and the labor movement continue to draw inspir...

January 12, 2016

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Contract Arbitration to Begin Feb. 17

Arbitration hearings for a new APWU Collective Bargaining Agreement with the U.S. Postal Service will begin on Feb. 17, President Mark Dimondstein has announced.

January 12, 2016

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Contract Arbitration to Begin Feb. 17

Arbitration hearings for a new APWU Collective Bargaining Agreement with the U.S. Postal Service will begin on Feb. 17, President Mark Dimondstein has announced.

January 8, 2016

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Fire Safety Fact Sheet Released

As part of the APWU’s campaign to Stand Up for Safe Jobs, locals across the country have been distributing fact sheets outlining our right to a safe workplace.  Fact Sheet #4, Fire Safety and Prevention [PDF], is the lat...

January 8, 2016

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Fire Safety Fact Sheet Released

As part of the APWU’s campaign to Stand Up for Safe Jobs, locals across the country have been distributing fact sheets outlining our right to a safe workplace.  Fact Sheet #4, Fire Safety and Prevention [PDF], is the lat...

January 6, 2016

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National Grievance Numbering System Activated

The APWU has activated a national numbering system for locals using the Electronic Grievance System (EGS), Industrial Relations Director Tony D. McKinnon Sr. has announced.

January 6, 2016

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National Grievance Numbering System Activated

The APWU has activated a national numbering system for locals using the Electronic Grievance System (EGS), Industrial Relations Director Tony D. McKinnon Sr. has announced.

January 6, 2016

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Sanders’ Antidote to Wall Street Corruption Includes Postal Banking

In a speech given just blocks from Wall Street, Sen. Bernie Sanders promised to implement postal banking as one of the ways to fix the country’s broken and corrupt financial system. “If elected president, I will rein in...

January 6, 2016

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Sanders’ Antidote to Wall Street Corruption Includes Postal Banking

In a speech given just blocks from Wall Street, Sen. Bernie Sanders promised to implement postal banking as one of the ways to fix the country’s broken and corrupt financial system. “If elected president, I will rein in...

January 1, 2016

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Stop Staples Campaign Marches On

Members of the New York Metro Area Local and  supporters give Staples the thumbs down. (This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Thanks to members and allies...

January 1, 2016

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Stop Staples Campaign Marches On

Members of the New York Metro Area Local and  supporters give Staples the thumbs down. (This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Thanks to members and allies...

January 1, 2016

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Feeling the Bern!

Sen. Bernie Sanders discusses postal banking on Jimmy Kimmel Live! (This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) During the two years I have served as APWU presi...

January 1, 2016

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Feeling the Bern!

Sen. Bernie Sanders discusses postal banking on Jimmy Kimmel Live! (This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) During the two years I have served as APWU presi...

January 1, 2016

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Solidarity Is Always In Style

Northwest Illinois Area Local (This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Thursday is Wear Your Union Gear Day, and APWU members have been busy each week, wear...

January 1, 2016

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Solidarity Is Always In Style

Northwest Illinois Area Local (This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Thursday is Wear Your Union Gear Day, and APWU members have been busy each week, wear...

January 1, 2016

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Postal Banking Catches Fire

(This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Postal banking has been in the news quite a bit in recent months: Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders discussed i...

January 1, 2016

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Postal Banking Catches Fire

(This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Postal banking has been in the news quite a bit in recent months: Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders discussed i...

January 1, 2016

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Canadian Postal Workers Win Big

(This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Thanks to the efforts of postal workers and their allies, Canada Post has suspended the installation of community m...

January 1, 2016

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Canadian Postal Workers Win Big

(This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Thanks to the efforts of postal workers and their allies, Canada Post has suspended the installation of community m...

January 1, 2016

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Is UPS Behind Think Tank’s Attack on the Postal Service?

(This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)  It’s not news that corporate vultures would like to get their hands on the most profitable parts of the Postal Ser...

January 1, 2016

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Fast Food Workers Walk Off Job in ‘Fight for 15’

Fight for 15 activists protested on Nov. 10. Courtesy of Victor J. Blue/Getty Images (This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)   Tens of thousands of fast fo...