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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 “Building Union Power” National Organizing Drive Blasts Past Goal, Recruits 8707 New Members

June 27, 2024
The Building Union Power national organizing drive concluded on June 25, and by end of day, hit 8707 new members!

A Positive Step Forward

March 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) On Jan. 31, the Postal Service Reform Act of 2017 (H.R. 756) was introduced by Representatives Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Mark...

Pro-Privatization Groups Continue Attacks on Public Postal Service

March 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Like clockwork, when USPS finances are announced each quarter headline after headline claim the Postal Service is irrelevant, in financial trouble or...

Consumer Protections Under Attack

March 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) After the devastating 2008 financial crisis, Congress passed the Dodd-Frank Act that led to creation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (...

VICTORY

March 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) After three years, the Stop Staples campaign concludes with a huge victory. By the time this issue of the American Postal Worker is in mailboxes, the...

Success in Action!

March 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) By Retirees Director Nancy Olumekor The USPS and Staples deal is over! APWU retirees worked tirelessly on the Stop Staples campaign to help the union...

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