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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.
At the Top of Their Game
September 11, 2014
Snce January, the APWU has signed up more than 6,300 new members. The commitment to organizing is growing, but we still have a long road ahead. Although excessing, downsizing and consolidations have hurt membership, some locals have maintained or...
We Don’t Always See Eye-to-Eye, But We Always Remain United
September 11, 2014
By now the 22nd Biennial National Convention is a thing of the past, but just in case you missed it, let us recap.
Just prior to the start of the convention, a committee of MVS members reviewed resolutions submitted by local and state unions...
Privatizing by Incentivizing
September 11, 2014
We often think of privatization as the transfer of public ownership. However, the Postal Service’s policy of offering postage discounts to large mailers has led to a similar harmful end result – a huge transfer of work and revenue from the public...
Dispute on Custodial Staffing Settled; More Than 3,150 PSEs Converted
September 11, 2014
The APWU and USPS signed a major settlement on July 9 that resolved a long-standing dispute over custodial staffing and resulted in the conversion to career of all Maintenance Craft Postal Support Employees.
It was not an agreement we entered into...
Our Right to Vote is Under Attack
September 11, 2014
In recent years, our right to vote has come under attack all across the country. Dozens of states are advancing voter suppression laws in an effort to influence the outcome of elections.
The democratic process of the United States is based on free...