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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!

Legislative Update

March 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) By Legislative Director Judy Beard  The 115th Congress convened on Jan. 3, and legislators wasted no time introducing bills and resolutions of...

Promises, Promises

March 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) By Western Region Coordinator Omar Gonzalez  I’m not referring to New Year’s resolutions many of us already broke. I refer to what promises to be an...

Negotiations, Negotiations

March 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) By Support Services Director Steve Brooks We are hitting the new year running. We ended 2016 in the middle of contract negotiations for our...

Lawsuit Against Arbitration Award Dismissed

March 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) By MVS Craft Directors  The National Star Route Mail Contractors Association’s lawsuit against the Postal Service over the American Postal Workers...

Arbitration Victory Creates Full-Time Assignments

March 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) By Clerk Craft Directors The Clerk Craft was successful in a recent arbitration regarding the USPS’s handling of the Sales Retention Team (SRT)...

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