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Postal Workers Hold Nationwide 'Day of Action' Oct. 1 in 90 Cities to Promote Vote-by-Mail, Demand First-Class Service Year-Round

October 1, 2024
WASHINGTON –  On Tues., Oct. 1 postal workers who are members of the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) will be rallying with the public in front of postal facilities across the country to sound the alarm about the United States Postal Service’s...

APWU Maintenance Division Secures $15 Million Part-Time Regular Settlement Agreement

September 23, 2024
In 2021, the APWU Maintenance Division filed a national dispute regarding the Postal Service's violation of Article 7 section 3 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), specifically concerning the 2.5 percent cap on the total number of Part-...

A Grand Alliance Goes to Congress

September 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine)  A delegation of representatives from A Grand Alliance to Save Our Public Postal Service took their concerns about postal issues to Capitol Hill...

The End of the Fiscal Year and Custodial Hours

September 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the September-October 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) We are quite likely still heading for Interest Arbitration for a new Collective Bargaining Agreement. And while that is the top priority for...

NLRB Strikes Major Blow to USPS-Staples Deal

September 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) In a major blow to the Postal Service’s deal with Staples, Region 5 of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a complaint on June 26...

Negotiations and the Power in a Union

September 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the September-October 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) “If there is no struggle there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom and yet deprecate agitation are men who want crops without...

Walmart: Stop Charter School Fraud

September 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the September-October 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)  Recently, there have been many headlines about waste, fraud, and abuse at charter schools across the country. School districts lack the...

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