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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...

APWU Preparing for Opening of Contract Negotiations

March 1, 2021
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) In June, formal negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement between the American Postal Workers Union and the United States Postal Service...

Fighting to Include Postal Workers in Stimulus Package

March 1, 2021
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Since the beginning of the 117th Congress, we have focused a lot of attention on making sure the White House and Congress include USPS in the upcoming...

New Policy Brief Shows Importance of Postal Service to Black Families in Present and Future

March 1, 2021
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) In February, the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) released a new policy brief, titled “Black Families Have a Major Stake in the Future of the Public...

Labor News

March 1, 2021
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) 1,400 Warehouse Workers and Drivers in New York Win Raise After Strike On January 17, around 1,400 members of Teamsters Local 202 who work at Hunts...

Learning the Union Difference

March 1, 2021
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) There is certainly something to be said for developing working relationships with postal management or company representatives. When you have someone...

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