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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).
'Stay In Your Lane, APWU'?
August 27, 2024
Western Regional Coordinator Omar Gonzalez explains the importance of union involvement beyond the workroom floor including economic, political, and social justice as outlined in our National Constitution & Bylaws.
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A Closer Look at the Jan. 28 Bay Area Staples Protests
February 5, 2014
A new video takes a closer look at the union’s recent protests in San Francisco and San Jose to stop the privatization of postal retail operations at Staples stores.
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APWU Ramps Up ‘Stop Staples’ Campaign
February 3, 2014
The APWU is ramping up its campaign demanding that Staples and the USPS agree to place postal workers at postal units in Staples stores. Join the campaign at StopStaples.com or text POSTAL to 91990.
President Stays Away from Cuts to Key Programs in State of the Union Speech
January 31, 2014
President Obama’s State of the Union address avoided mention of some policies that would prove damaging to retirees, such as the chained CPI cut to earned Social Security benefits or other cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. “Now, we...
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Senate Committee Begins – But Doesn’t Complete – Debate on Postal Bill
January 30, 2014
The Senate committee with oversight over the Postal Service spent nearly three hours on Jan. 29 debating amendments to a postal bill that all four postal unions oppose, but recessed before taking a final vote. There is no word on when — or if — the...
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Staples Protests Take Off!
January 28, 2014
More than 150 APWU members and supporters took part in a lively protest outside a Staples store in San Francisco on Jan. 28, challenging a deal between the company and the U.S. Postal Service that staffs “postal” counters in Staples stores with non-...