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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...
APWU Organizing Victory!
October 28, 2016
Gloria Gonzalez (left) and her co-worker proudly display
their APWU membership cards.
The American Postal Workers Union (APWU) is celebrating an organizing victory! Workers at the Mail Transport Equipment Service Center (MTESC) located in Urbandale...
Stop Staples Campaign Alive and Well in Massachusetts
October 24, 2016
Stop Staples activists held a rally in front of a bustling location in Revere, MA, just north of Boston, on Oct. 20.
On 15th Anniversary of Anthrax Attacks, Workers Recall Those Who Died
October 21, 2016
Fifteen years after their deaths from exposure to anthrax-laden mail, Joseph P. Curseen Jr. and Thomas L. Morris Jr. were remembered by their co-workers at a reflective and joyful ceremony on Oct. 21. A monument to the two APWU members was unveiled...
Paltry COLA Will Leave Postal, Federal Retirees Worse Off
October 20, 2016
The APWU has joined with 74 other organizations to urge Congress to correct an outrageous disparity, Retirees Department Director Nancy Olumekor reports. Unless the legislature takes action, a miniscule 0.3 percent 2017 cost-of-living adjustment for...
Assistance Available for Those Affected by North Carolina Floods
October 19, 2016
Union members who have been affected by the recent flooding in North Carolina and participate in certain Union Plus programs may be eligible for assistance through the Union Plus Disaster Relief Grant program.