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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...
Essential Workers and Postal Déjà Vu
May 7, 2021
(This article first appeared in the May/June 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
You have always been ‘essential’ to America; the pandemic only proved it. Your work affects everyone in the USA and impacts the economy. Why then do...
How to Challenge Your eWHEP Staffing Package
May 7, 2021
(This article first appeared in the May/June 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
Editor’s Note: The following column includes language from the Article 12 Impact Guide. The full guide is available on the Maintenance Division page on...
Here We Go Again
May 7, 2021
(This article first appeared in the May/June 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
The National Agreement expires in September of this year and contract negotiations with the Postal Service will open in June. The APWU has been preparing...
Looking Back on 50 Years of the APWU with Former Secretary-Treasurer Doug Holbrook
May 7, 2021
(This article first appeared in the May/June 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
Editor’s Note: For the APWU’s 50th anniversary celebration, we spoke with former Secretary-Treasurer Doug Holbrook on the Great Postal Strike, the merger...
Happy Anniversary APWU: 50 Years of Struggle and Progress
May 7, 2021
(This article first appeared in the May/June 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
The American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO, turns 50 years old on July 1, 2021! We were created after the 1970 Great Postal Strike from a merger of five...