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Your Work During the Election Matters: A Message to Every Postal Worker
November 4, 2024
I want to acknowledge the incredible dedication and effort each of you has put into ensuring every mail-in ballot is delivered on time. The hard work of postal workers helps ensure every voice is heard and every vote is counted. Once again, we’ve...
Upcoming Proposed Flexible Spending Account Changes
October 30, 2024
The APWU was recently notified of the proposed change to the FSA (Flexible Spending Account) administrator. FSA is an important negotiated benefit as it allows employees to put aside “pre-tax” dollars for certain medical and dependent care expenses.
Keep the Clerk Craft Strong
January 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
The Clerk Craft continued to grow with a net gain of approximately 5,500 new employees in the last year. Nearly all of this growth has been to...
Wells Fargo Scandal: A Labor Issue and One More Argument for Postal Banking
January 1, 2017
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) accused former Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf
of “gutless leadership” during a Senate Banking Committee hearing.
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
The...
UNI Post and Logistics World Conference Endorses Staples Boycott
January 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
The Stop Staples campaign has gone global. In October 2016, the UNI Post and Logistics World Conference passed a resolution, brought forward by...
Labor Unites at Rally for Social & Economic Justice and Equality
January 1, 2017
Hundreds of union members and allies rallied
outside of the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 17.
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
Hundreds of labor union members gathered outside of the U...
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...