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April 26, 2019

How to Participate in Workers Memorial Day

Each year on Workers Memorial Day (April 28), working people throughout the world remember those who were hurt or killed on the job, and recommit to the struggle for a safe workplace. Virtually every safety and health pr...

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April 2, 2019

Chicago Local President Keith Richardson Honored with ‘Eyes on the Prize’ Award

This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  Chicago Local President Keith Richardson was honored with the “Eyes on the Prize” Award at the 2019 AFL-CIO Dr. Martin Lu...

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April 2, 2019

From the Field

This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  Below are quotes from various APWU local and state publications throughout the country. All the publications listed are p...

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April 2, 2019

Kathy Danek Retires as APWU Auxiliary President

This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  At the beginning of the year, Kathy Danek retired as APWU Auxilary President, a position she has served in since 2012. Wh...

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April 2, 2019

Taking on Rising Health Care Costs

(This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  By Health Plan Director John Marcotte As I have previously reported, and as all of us unionists see in our paychecks, th...

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October 2, 2018

Resolutions Opposing Privatization of the Postal Service Introduced in Congress

On July 16, a leading group of Congressional representatives took action to help combat a proposal to privatize the Postal Service by introducing House Resolution 993. The privatization proposal, put forward by the White...

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November 1, 2017

Still in the Struggle

(This article first appeared in the November-December 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Central Regional Coordinator Sharyn M. Stone Postal management’s massive violation of Article 12 continues to ha...

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July 27, 2007

Tennessee AMP Study Terminated

The APWU has been notified that a proposed consolidation that would have resulted in a mail-processing shift approximately 90 miles across southwest Tennessee will not occur. “After review, it has been determined that th...

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July 25, 2007

Texas Consolidation Plan Shelved

The APWU has been notified that a proposed consolidation of mail-processing operations in Waco, TX, will not occur. A study to determine whether operations should be shifted both north (about 90 miles to Fort Worth) and...

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July 20, 2007

Oshkosh-to-Green Bay Consolidation Study Cancelled

The APWU has been notified that a proposed consolidation that would have resulted in a mail-processing shift from one Wisconsin P&DF to another approximately 50 miles away will not occur. “After review, it has been deter...

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June 12, 2007

Zanesville Consolidation Study Terminated

The APWU has been notified that a proposed consolidation that would have resulted in a mail-processing shift approximately 60 miles across central Ohio will not occur. “After review, it has been determined that there are...

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May 22, 2007

Wisconsin-to-Minnesota AMP Halted

The APWU has been notified that the consolidation of some mail-processing operations at the La Crosse (WI) P&DF into the Rochester (MN) P&DF will not occur. “After review, it has been determined that there are currently...

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May 17, 2007

Termination of AMPs Is Good News For Northern Michigan, Southern Texas

The APWU has been notified that studies of the consolidation of some mail-processing operations at the Gaylord (MI) Main Post Office and at Beaumont (TX) P&DF have been brought to a close and the proposed consolidations...

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May 10, 2007

House Bill Would Set Timetable for Consolidation Studies

A bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would establish firm deadlines for Area Mail Processing surveys and would prohibit the USPS from removing equipment or reducing the workforce in affected facilities...

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May 7, 2007

Mail Processing Staying Put in Western MD

The Cumberland Area Local’s anti-consolidation T-shirt made its debut last summer. The APWU was notified May 4 that the proposed consolidation of some mail-processing operations involving two sites 90 miles apart in west...

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May 3, 2007

St. Petersburg Consolidation to Proceed

The Postal Service has notified the APWU that it will implement plans to shift some mail-processing operations from the St. Petersburg (FL) Processing and Distribution Center to the Tampa P&DC. Citing declining mail volu...

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April 25, 2007

Twin Falls, Cape Cod Consolidations Stopped

The APWU has been notified that the consolidation of some mail-processing operations at the Twin Falls (ID) Customer Service Mail Processing Center into the Boise P&DC has been cancelled. On April 20, 2007, the USPS wrot...

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April 13, 2007

Bloomington, Two Upstate New York AMPs Halted; Bronx Study in Limbo

The APWU received notice recently that consolidations of mail-processing operations in Watertown and Binghamton, NY, and Bloomington, IN, no longer are being considered, and that the Area Mail Processing study in the Bro...

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January 29, 2007

Postal Service Cancels Another AMP Study

The APWU won another battle in the fight against misguided “network realignment” plans when the USPS announced the end of a study aimed at consolidating mail processing operations in Yakima (WA) with those in Pasco, 85 m...