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Contract Negotiations Begin – APWU Negotiating Team Delivers Opening Day Remarks
June 27, 2024
On June 25, contract negotiations began for our next main collective bargaining agreement with the Postal Service. The current contract expires on Sept. 20. Both the union and postal management exchanged opening statements, outlining their...
APWU “Building Union Power” National Organizing Drive Blasts Past Goal, Recruits 8707 New Members
June 27, 2024
The Building Union Power national organizing drive concluded on June 25, and by end of day, hit 8707 new members!
Washington Post Gets It Wrong
May 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
In a Feb. 13, 2017 opinion piece, “The Postal Service needs more than a Band-Aid,” The Washington Post editorial board issued a troubling public stance...
The Market for International Remittances is Hot
May 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
The market for international remittances – sending money abroad – is rapidly expanding. Between 2010 and 2014, money transfers worldwide increased...
Yes Virginia, Unions Have to File Taxes, Too
May 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
By Secretary-Treasurer Liz Powell
April was tax time for citizens, but unions have a tax time too. All unions, which are tax-exempt organizations, are...
Be Part of Our Democracy – Support ‘Vote by Mail’
May 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
By Executive Vice President Debby Szeredy
Voter registration in our country is in a sorry state. in the 2016 general election, not all eligible voters...
Higher Union Membership Boosts Wages for All
May 1, 2017
APWU Grassroots Political & Legislative Coordinator Janice Kelble (second from right)
with community activists (L-R) Jeff Kramer, Kathy Staub, Keith Yergeau,
Elizabeth Ropp, Emily Eastman and Eric Zulaski after “right to work” law was defeated...