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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).
Negotiations and the Power in a Union
September 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the September-October 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
“If there is no struggle there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom and yet deprecate agitation are men who want crops without...
HCR Disputes, Renewals and Subcontracting
September 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the September-October 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
On June 25, 2015, the APWU won another round in our fight against subcontracting when the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) denied a motion...
'Big Bill' Haywood: The 'Wobbly' Giant
August 31, 2015
“Big Bill” Haywood was a big man with a big heart and a big dream – to build one big union for workers from every industry. He could break a man’s jaw with a single blow, but he wept openly when a poem moved him.
“Big Bill” was born William Dudley...
Clerk Officers Outline Criteria for Disbursement of $56 Million Payout for ‘Global Settlement’ of Violations of Article 1.6.B
August 31, 2015
In a conference call with local and state presidents, the APWU’s Clerk Division officers outlined the criteria for distributing the $56 million lump-sum penalty portion of the settlement that resolves a decades-long dispute over postmasters and...
Do You ‘Stand with Postal Workers?’
August 31, 2015
Have you signed ? Thousands have already taken the pledge. Check out this video to find out why.
Do You ‘Stand with Postal Workers?’
Posted by APWU - The American Postal Workers Union on Monday, August 31, 2015