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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!

Veteran's Day

November 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the November-December 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Every year on Nov. 11, Americans celebrate Veterans Day to honor the millions of men and women who have served, or are serving in our nation’s...

Labor History Milestones

October 31, 2016
(This article first appeared in the November-December 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) A letter carrier delivers a live baby, which became outlawed in 1916 when post office management set a weight limit on packages and barred the...

Contractual Retroactive Payment in November 18th Paychecks: Second Annual Wage Increase Coming Soon.

October 31, 2016
Retroactive Pay for Nov. 14, 2015 – Aug. 5, 2016 The interest arbitration award dated July 8, 2016 that established the terms for the 2015-2018 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), ordered a retroactive pay increase effective Nov. 14, 2015. USPS...

APWU Organizing Victory!

October 28, 2016
Gloria Gonzalez (left) and her co-worker proudly display their APWU membership cards.  The American Postal Workers Union (APWU) is celebrating an organizing victory! Workers at the Mail Transport Equipment Service Center (MTESC) located in Urbandale...

Stop Staples Campaign Alive and Well in Massachusetts

October 24, 2016
Stop Staples activists held a rally in front of a bustling location in Revere, MA, just north of Boston, on Oct. 20. 

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