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APWU National Executive Board Endorses Vice President Kamala Harris for the Next President of the United States

July 23, 2024
On July 23, 2024, the APWU National Executive Board voted unanimously to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris for the next President of the United States. One day earlier, the AFL-CIO Executive Council, where the APWU is represented by  President...

Maintaining and Retaining Financial and Election Records?

July 23, 2024
The Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA) requires labor organizations to meet basic standards and fiscal responsibility. These requirements pertain to financial reports and elections. Section 206 of the LMRDA requires the retention...

Labor Distribution Codes

November 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the November-December 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  By Maintenance Craft Directors  When we punch into work, the USPS time-keeping system tracks our workhours based on the operation we badge onto...

Sept. 1 and Where is the Work?

November 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the November-December 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Motor Vehicle Service Craft Directors  On August 18, 2016, Arbitrator Shyam Das ruled in case Q06C-4Q-C 11182451 that the Postal Service had...

Price Cap's Significant Impact on the Clerk Craft

November 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the November-December 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Clerk Craft Directors  Any day now, the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) will be making a decision on the postage price cap that will...

Single-Payer Health Care - Its Time Has Come

November 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the November-December 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) The following is an op-ed by President Mark Dimondstein that originally appeared in Cleveland's The Plain Dealer on Sept. 20. Congress is back...

24th Biennial National Convention Announced

November 1, 2017
The 24th Biennial National Convention will be held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on August 20 – 23, 2018. 

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