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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-...
Augusta Thomas, Civil Rights, Labor Leader Honored
March 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
Above: The original Greensboro sit-in participants. Insert, l-r: AFGE President J. David Cox,
Dimondstein, Ms. Thomas, and museum founders Skip...
Facing Our Future Head On
March 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
In addition to fighting for a good, fair, workable contract, there are a number of issues facing us.
Building a Democracy for the 21st Century
March 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
"Our democracy is under siege,” declares the website of the Democracy Initiative. The group is dedicated to ending the unprecedented influence of...
India Will Implement Postal Banking To Better Serve Remote Residents
March 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
India Post is planning to implement postal banking later this year, in order to better serve residents in rural and remote areas.
As part of the plan...
APWU Joins Democracy Initiative
February 29, 2016
Five years after the “Citizens United” Supreme Court ruling unleashed unlimited and often secret corporate cash into the political process and elections, and with voter suppression on the rise, the APWU has joined the “Democracy Initiative,” a...