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Don't Let Management Take Your Pulse!
July 8, 2024
The APWU is urging union members to refrain from participating in the USPS management’s Postal Pulse survey. Negotiations for a new union contract began June 25, and any information you give them can be used in retaliation to hurt us during...
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...
Lawsuit Against Arbitration Award Dismissed
March 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
By MVS Craft Directors
The National Star Route Mail Contractors Association’s lawsuit against the Postal Service over the American Postal Workers...
Arbitration Victory Creates Full-Time Assignments
March 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
By Clerk Craft Directors
The Clerk Craft was successful in a recent arbitration regarding the USPS’s handling of the Sales Retention Team (SRT)...
USPS Testing New Machine to Automate Craft Work
March 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
By Maintenance Craft Directors
The new year certainly started with a bang! while we are, of course, very proud of the efforts of the Maintenance...
Working Together to Reduce the Arbitration Backlog
March 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
By Secretary-Treasurer Liz Powell
Presently, there is an arbitration backlog and the reason is simple. The grievances appealed to arbitration are...
Starting 2017 with a Bang!
March 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
By Industrial Relations Director Vance Zimmerman
I was never a more proud member of the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) than when news broke...