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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...
Houston PSEs Step Up to Union Activism
July 8, 2016
(This article first appeared in the July-August issue of The American Postal Worker Magazine)
Heather Lewis, a Postal Support Employee in Houston, loves her job. “PSEs work really hard. We work long hours, but I actually enjoy it. It’s very...
Summary and Highlights from Interest Arbitration Award
July 8, 2016
(This article first appeared in the July-August issue of The American Postal Worker Magazine)
With the decision of the interest arbitration panel of July 8, 2016, we have a new Collective Bargaining Agreement between the American Postal Workers...
Fed Up with Understaffing, Saint Louis Local Pickets Post Office
July 8, 2016
(This article first appeared in the July-August issue of The American Postal Worker Magazine)
Fed up with chronic understaffing of mail sorting machines, nearly 100 members of the Saint Louis Gateway Area Local and their allies formed an...
Thousands Protest Secret Trade Deals
July 8, 2016
Thousands protest secret trade deals in Hannover, Germany.
(This article first appeared in the July-August issue of The American Postal Worker Magazine)
Approximately 30,000 protestors took to the streets of Hannover, Germany, in late April to...
Rewriting the Rules of the Rigged Economy
July 8, 2016
(This article first appeared in the July-August issue of The American Postal Worker Magazine)
The average U.S. family paid $2,050 to bail out Wall Street after the economy crashed in 2008 and lost nearly $5,800 in income due to reduced economic...