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An Update on the Social Security Fairness Act
September 6, 2024
Time is running out to get the Social Security Fairness Act (HR 82) passed. We are asking every APWU member to call Monday, September 9th and demand our representatives sign the discharge petition (HR 1410).
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).
Resolutions Opposing Privatization of the Postal Service Introduced in Congress
October 2, 2018
On July 16, a leading group of Congressional representatives took action to help combat a proposal to privatize the Postal Service by introducing House Resolution 993. The privatization proposal, put forward by the White House’s Office of...
The National Convention Sets the Path for Current and Future APWU Struggles
October 2, 2018
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
Twenty-one hundred APWU members departed from the union’s 24th Biennial National Convention in August uplifted, united and ready to continue ...
Stand Up for Safe Jobs
October 2, 2018
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
By Industrial Relations Director Vance Zimmerman
“It is the responsibility of management to provide safe working conditions in all present and...
Local Union Elections
October 2, 2018
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
By Secretary-Treasurer Liz Powell
It starts with the process for nominations. One of the ways to alleviate and hopefully prevent complaints,...
I Have a Dream, You Have a Dream, and Dr. King Had a Dream
October 2, 2018
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
By Vice President Debby Szeredy
My dream would be to help make APWU truly a movement of members fighting to save the USPS from privatization....