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2024 Penalty Overtime Exclusion Period

August 27, 2024
The "Penalty Overtime Exclusion" period for calendar year 2024 will begin Pay Period 26-2024, Week 1 (November 30, 2024) and end Pay Period 01-2025, Week 2 (December 27, 2024).

'Stay In Your Lane, APWU'?

August 27, 2024
Western Regional Coordinator Omar Gonzalez explains the importance of union involvement beyond the workroom floor  including economic, political, and social justice as outlined in our National Constitution & Bylaws.

Say 'No' to Means Testing

March 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The services that Americans depend on are often on the chopping block. When it comes to seniors, attacks on Social Security and Medicare are just the...

Help and Hope for Veterans

March 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)  This winter, the APWU and community volunteers joined the Veterans Administration (VA) to give help and hope to veterans at the 19th annual...

Full Disclosure Required

March 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Postal employees are hardworking and giving. Many hold down two jobs. Some run a side business or help with a family business, while others volunteer...

The Fight for Pay Equity

March 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)  The Equal Pay Act, signed by President John F. Kennedy in 1963, made it illegal to pay men and women working the same job different salaries....

Excerise Your Precious Right to Organize

March 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Organizing is our union’s strength and essential to our survival. When contract negotiations take place, inevitably non-members ask questions about...

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