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Message to Our APWU Family Affected by Hurricanes Helene and Milton Devastation

October 9, 2024
Many of our North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida members and their families, as well as the communities we serve, are reeling from the devastation of Hurricane Helene to life and property, and are facing a long difficult road to...

Robert Romanowski Appointed to Fill New Clerk Division Assistant Director “C” Position

October 9, 2024
On October 8, 2024, Robert “Bob” Romanowski was named by APWU Clerk Division Director Lamont Brooks to fill the newly created position of Assistant Director “C”, Clerk Division.

Tool List Dispute Settlement

Motor Vehicle officers settled a dispute with management on Nov. 3, 2011 [PDF], concerning the new tool list.  While the new list reduces the total number of tools, many of the eliminated tools were antiquated and rarely used.  The settlement...

Dispute Over Notification to Locals of Subcontracting Appealed to Arbitration

The APWU has appealed to national-level arbitration a dispute over the Postal Service's obligation pursuant to Article 32, Section 1.C., of the National Agreement, to furnish the Union at the local level notification of subcontracting of bargaining...

e-Team Report, July 15, 2011

Union Busting Buried Within Issa’s Postal Reform Bill AFL-CIO Urges Senators to Delete Section  Of Senate Bill 1010 in Order to Support Fair and Free Collective Bargaining for Postal Workers Democratic Governors Association to Kick Off Voter...

USPS Instructs Facilities Not to By-Pass Biohazard Detection Systems On Their AFCS

The APWU recently became aware that postal facilities with the Biohazard Detection System (BDS) on their Advanced Facer-Canceler Systems (AFCS) machines have made local decisions to by-pass the AFCS and utilize alternate canceling equipment (such as...

Stand Up for Your Rights

The lyrics from the famous tune by Bob Marley sum it all up: Get up, Stand up, Stand up for your rights! We must adopt these words as our marching orders if we are going to save the USPS from postal managers, members of Congress and the Wall Street...

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