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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...
Bonding and Tax Issues for Local Unions
July 13, 2022
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2022 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
Effective July 1, 2022, local affiliates have a new three (3) year term of bond coverage, which will expire June 30, 2025. National APWU provides...
What Is There To Hide?
July 13, 2022
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2022 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
In May 2022, the USPS Atlantic and Southern Area notified the Regional Union Leadership and the Management Associations that Postal Service HQ was...
Moral March Unites Labor & Civil Rights Movements
July 13, 2022
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2022 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
On June 18th, just before the Juneteenth holiday, The Poor People’s Campaign held the “Mass Poor People’s and Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly and Moral...
Q&A For Clerks on New Collective Bargaining Agreement
July 13, 2022
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2022 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
1. Question: Does a Postal Support Employee (PSE) hired in an Administrative Post Office (APO), that allows for the 24-month automatic conversion to...
The PSRA and Postal Retirees
July 12, 2022
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2022 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
This time of the year we recognize the anniversary of Medicare, signed into law in July 1965 and Social Security, created in August 1935.
We...