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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...

Door-to-Door Success in Canada

May 1, 2016
Canadian postal workers and allies protest cuts in door-to-door mail delivery service. (This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Communities across Canada are facing cutbacks in mail service,...

Don't Drop the Ball

May 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) We’ve all heard the phrase, “I dropped the ball,” but none of us wants to be responsible for losing a game – or falling short of a big goal.    

Postal Banking: The Antidote to Abusive Lending

May 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) One of the big topics in this year’s presidential election is the influence of Wall Street on our economy – from too much power in the hands of the big...

Supreme Court Shake Up

May 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)   The changing composition of the U.S. Supreme Court will have a broad impact on postal workers and the labor movement as a whole.    

Contract Arbitration Gets Underway

May 1, 2016
Mark Barrett, Heather Stewart and Georgena Walker. (This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Interest arbitration hearings for our new contract got underway in February and continued in March...

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