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Layoffs - Worst Case Scenario?
May 15, 2025
“You and your coworkers are the Union! No matter your political party, now is the time to protect America’s Postal Service!” – Western Regional Coordinator Omar Gonzalez explains steps we can take to defend the public Postal Service and preserve our...
Due Process, Your Union Right
May 15, 2025
Industrial Relations Director Charlie Cash explains due process, “one of our most important union rights. In the simplest of terms, it means you have the right to your ‘day in court’ to tell your side of the story and defend yourself if management...
Two Consolidation Studies Scrapped
January 18, 2007
The U.S. Postal Service announced in early January that it was calling off the only Area Mail Processing studies in the states of Montana and North Carolina.
In a written statement on Jan. 5, the Postal Service said that it had dropped plans to...
Official Local-by-Local Ratification Vote Totals
January 18, 2007
The official results of the APWU contract ratification vote are now available, including a local-by-local tally. The results are shown alphabetically by state, with locals in each state listed alphabetically as well.
Results were certified by...
Membership Ratifies Four-Year Contract
January 12, 2007
Rank-and-File Advisory Bargaining
Committee members Thomasine
Derricks, Princella Vogel, and Jack
Dougherty observe the vote count
in Washington on Jan. 12. Vogel
chairs the committee.
APWU members ratified a four-year Collective Bargaining...
APWU Files Suit on Jurisdictional Disputes
January 5, 2007
The APWU has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court, charging that the National Postal Mail Handlers Union and U.S. Postal Service have violated a national-level three-party agreement that establishes procedures for resolving disputes over work...
Contract Ratification Balloting Extended to Jan. 12
January 5, 2007
Balloting in the ratification of the tentative agreement will be extended until Jan. 12, the Rank-and-File Bargaining Committee has announced. “We want to ensure that every interested APWU member has an opportunity to participate,” said Princella...