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An Update on the Social Security Fairness Act

September 6, 2024
Time is running out to get the Social Security Fairness Act (HR 82) passed. We are asking every APWU member to call Monday, September 9th and demand our representatives sign the discharge petition (HR 1410).

2024 Penalty Overtime Exclusion Period

August 27, 2024
The "Penalty Overtime Exclusion" period for calendar year 2024 will begin Pay Period 26-2024, Week 1 (November 30, 2024) and end Pay Period 01-2025, Week 2 (December 27, 2024).

Reporters Unionize

September 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the September-October 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) On June 3, workers at New York-based Gawker Media became the first employees of a major digital media company to organize a union. Journalists...

Big Wins for Migrant Workers, Thanks to Public Support

September 1, 2015
Western Washington University students at a blueberry picker strike at Sakuma Brothers Farms in late June. (This article first appeared in the September-October 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Migrant workers across the country...

Secret Trade Deal Would Dismantle Our Postal Service

September 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the September-October 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) A trade deal the U.S. is negotiating behind closed doors with 50 other countries would dismantle our public Postal Service as we know it....

Secret Trade Deal Would Dismantle Our Postal Service

September 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the September-October 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) A trade deal the U.S. is negotiating behind closed doors with 50 other countries would dismantle our public Postal Service as we know it....

After Strike, German Postal Workers Win Contract

September 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the September-October 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) German postal workers on strike in North Rhine-Westphalia. After a four-week strike, German postal workers have secured a contract. Workers...

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