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Postal Workers Hold Nationwide 'Day of Action' Oct. 1 in 90 Cities to Promote Vote-by-Mail, Demand First-Class Service Year-Round

October 1, 2024
WASHINGTON –  On Tues., Oct. 1 postal workers who are members of the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) will be rallying with the public in front of postal facilities across the country to sound the alarm about the United States Postal Service’s...

APWU Maintenance Division Secures $15 Million Part-Time Regular Settlement Agreement

September 23, 2024
In 2021, the APWU Maintenance Division filed a national dispute regarding the Postal Service's violation of Article 7 section 3 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), specifically concerning the 2.5 percent cap on the total number of Part-...

NLRB Judge Orders Staples to Stop Handling U.S. Mail

January 1, 2017
Members of the Western Pennsylvania Postal Workers Solidarity Committee protested in front of a location on McKnight Road  in Pittsburgh, PA on Oct. 16.  All APWU crafts attended, along with letter carriers, retired mail handlers, and allies.  (This...

A Grand Alliance Goes to Farm Aid

January 1, 2017
AGA advocates speaking with Farm Aid concertgoers.  Over one hundred attendees signed the pledge to  ‘Save our Public Postal Service.’  Sign the pledge today at agrandalliance.org/pledge. (This article first appeared in the January-February 2017...

APWU Gets Out the Vote!

January 1, 2017
(left to right) Bruce Jackson, President, Cleveland APWU Retirees, Wheeler Nunn, Dorella McCary, Rep. Marcia Fudge, and Charles Walton, President, Ohio Postal Workers Union after participating in a phone bank. (This article first appeared in the...

Liberty and Justice for All

January 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) “Liberty and justice for all” is universally known in America. These are words we have said hundreds of times when reciting the Pledge of...

Develop a Home Fire Escape Plan

January 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Fire can spread rapidly through your home, leaving you little time to escape safely. Your family’s ability to get out depends on their knowledge...

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