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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.
Training Motivates Organizers in California
October 6, 2015
Responding to a call for a membership drive by the California Postal Workers Union, the Organization Department presented training sessions in “dynamic organizing” and “door-to-door visitation.”
Ramping Up for Safety Campaign
October 5, 2015
Declaring that “there are far too many serious safety problems at post offices and facilities,” APWU President Mark Dimondstein and Industrial Relations Director Tony D. McKinnon Sr. are calling on union members across the country to launch a Safety...
APWU Joins Civil Rights, Financial Reform Groups Urging Senate to Reject Nominees to USPS Board of Governors
October 2, 2015
The APWU joined civil rights groups, labor organizations and financial reform groups on Sept. 30 in urging Senate leaders to reject a slate of nominees to the USPS Board of Governors.
In a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and...
Drug Industry Protections Causing Complications Among Trade Negotiators
October 2, 2015
International trade ministers met this week in Atlanta and the Wall Street Journal reported that they continue to be divided over provisions related to prescription drugs and how long companies will be able to keep lower-cost generics off the...
50-Mile Limit - Minimizing Excessing Memo Extended
September 29, 2015
The APWU and the USPS have agreed upon two Memoranda of Understanding: “Minimizing Excessing” and “Peak Season Exception Periods,” in addition to a Maintenance-specific Step 4 Settlement, that are all interconnected and result in the extension of...