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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-...

Important Gains for the Clerk Craft

September 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the September-October 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Contract negotiations were challenging and arbitration was uncertain, but, in the end, the APWU was able to move forward on many issues union...

To Open Local Negotiations or Not?

September 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the September-October 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) With the 2015-2018 national contract now settled, locals must decide whether or not they wish to open local negotiations with the Postal...

Department of Labor Changes Rules for Annual LM Reports

September 1, 2016
This article first appeared in the September-October 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) All APWU local and state unions that receive dues rebates (DCO checks) from the national union must file an annual financial report with the...

The New Collective Bargaining Agreement

September 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of The American Postal Worker Magazine) I hope that you are as excited as I am about our new collective bargaining agreement (CBA). Standing up and fighting back was the key. We all played...

Waging the Good Fight!

September 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the September-October 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Our union’s National Convention is the highest authority of the APWU. The 2,100 delegates in attendance at our recently-concluded “grand union...

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