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Preparing for Retirement
January 15, 2025
Retirees Director Nancy Olumekor urges postal workers, whether you’re 5, 10, or 30 years from retirement, to prepare by attending retirement planning seminars hosted by the APWU Retirees Department and staying abreast of relevant legislation.
Progress Is A Must In This New Year
January 15, 2025
Human Relations Director Daleo Freeman outlines goals for the department in 2025, including to continue trainings for locals and states, and to utilize Regional Resource Assistants to better assist locals and states with their issues.
Postal Clerk Remembers Bloody Sunday
May 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
Distribution Clerk George James was just 15 when he tried to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge on March 7, 1965.
He says he had no idea history would be...
May Day: Fighting for the Eight-Hour Day
April 30, 2015
Chicago in the 1880s was a hotbed of labor organizing.
Fed up with the status quo, where industrial workers toiled long hours in squalid conditions, the International Working People’s Association formed in 1883 and dedicated its resources to...
Pittsburgh City Council Joins ‘Stop Staples’ Campaign
April 24, 2015
The Pittsburgh City Council unanimously passed a Will of Council resolution in support of the Stop Staples campaign on April 7.
“The City of Pittsburgh will urge its citizens to become aware of these threats to the Postal Service and the efforts...
Long Island Area Local Demands ‘Dignity and Respect’ at Bargaining Table
April 22, 2015
More than 300 attended the Long Island Area Local’s Day of protest on Sunday, April 12, when members demanded to be “treated with the dignity and respect we deserve at the bargaining table” and an end to the “under-the-table Staples deal.”
As Contract Deadline Nears, Union Gears Up for Action
April 20, 2015
With the Collective Bargaining Agreement set to expire in one month, APWU negotiators – and members – are preparing to turn up the heat! "As we enter the final month of bargaining, it will soon become clear whether management is serious about...