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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...
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...
EAP Offers New Web-Based Therapy
May 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
Computerized Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CCBT) is the newest addition to the bank of confidential Employees Assistance Program (EAP) services that are...
MVS Workers Drive the Message Home
May 1, 2016
MVS panel participants (top row): Michael McDonald,
Steven Dietz, William Drew (bottom row) Robert Stierle,
Virgil Fleming, Kevin Knapp and Robert Strickland.
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker ...
APWU Website 'De-Links' Local Websites During Union Election Period
May 1, 2016
The APWU national election period has begun, and in approximately five months, on Oct. 5, the counting of ballots will begin. Effective May 1, the national APWU website "de-linked" all local and state websites for the duration of the union election...
The U.S. Post Office: The Workers' Savings Bank
April 30, 2016
The first depositors at the New York Postal Savings Bank.
Once upon a time, in a not-so-far-away land, working people were able to safely deposit and withdraw their hard-earned dollars, with no excessive fees or fuss. Everyone had access to safe...