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Delegates' Work on Convention Business Continues

July 17, 2024
On Day 2 of APWU's 27th Biennial Conveniton, delegates continue work on convention business and rally for a good contract.

APWU's 27th Biennial Convention Begins; President Dimondstein Delivers State of the Union

July 16, 2024
APWU's 27th Biennial Convention Began on July 15; President Dimondstein Delivers his State of the Union Address.

'Keep on Truckin' Baby Again

April 2, 2019
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  By MVS Division Director Michael O. Foster In early 2018, the USPS began deploying new cargo trucks and spotters, on a one-for-one replacement of the...

Custodian Team Cleaning (CTC): Doomed to Fail

April 2, 2019
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  By Maintenance Division Director Idowu Balogun Beginning in 2012, The US Postal Service embarked on a “Pilot” program to replace the 1983...

APWU Members Trained to Take US Mail – Not for Sale Campaign Out to the Field

April 2, 2019
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Sixteen APWU members participated in a “train-thetrainer” for the APWU’s US Mail – Not for Sale Anti-Privatization campaign. Members from coast-to-...

Clerk Craft Updates

April 2, 2019
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  By Clerk Division Director Clint Burelson  National Grievances As a result of the Clerk Craft’s win in the Sales Retention Team dispute, the USPS...

Strikes, Shutdown and Service — Public Servants Rise in Defense of the Public Good

April 2, 2019
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Conventional wisdom suggested that the anti-union Supreme Court ruling in Janus v. AFSCME last summer spelled the inevitable decline of public sector...

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