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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!
2016 Penalty Overtime Exclusion
November 18, 2016
In accordance with Article 8 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, penalty overtime rules are not applicable for a four-week period each year during December. This year, the period starts with Week 2 of Pay Period 25-16 (Dec. 3, 2016) and stops at...
In Stinging Rebuke, NLRB Rules USPS-Staples Deal Violated Federal Law
November 17, 2016
On Nov. 8, 2016, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Administrative Law Judge Paul Bogas ruled to uphold all of the charges leveled at the United States Postal Service’s (USPS) Staples Approved Shipper program. The APWU initially filed the...
2016 Convention Transcript Now Available
November 17, 2016
An official transcript of the proceedings from the APWU’s 23rd Biennial National Convention is now available to union members on www.apwu.org. The convention is the highest governing body of the APWU.
The 1,538-page document provides a full...
Postal Service Reports Fiscal Year 2016 Financial Results
November 16, 2016
According to USPS’s financial results released on Nov. 15, the Postal Service gained $610 million in operating profit in Fiscal Year (FY) 2016. Despite what the headlines say, the Postal Service has now been operating in the black for three straight...
Stop Staples Campaign Prevails in Western Pennsylvania
November 16, 2016
Members of the Western Pennsylvania Postal Solidarity Committee held a Stop Staples protest in front of a location in Monaca on Sunday, Nov. 13.