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Budgeting for the New Year!
January 13, 2025
Secretary-Treasurer Liz Powell shares important dates for trainings this year. Two of note are the APWU Scholarship deadline and APWU Disaster/Hardship Fund.
Stand Up and Fight Back to Save Our Service Standards
January 13, 2025
Contact your elected officials, ask organizations to take actions to save the prompt delivery of our First-Class Mail service.” - Vice President Debby Szeredy informs members of planned postal consolidations and urges members to stand up and fight...
Unstable Hours Are Killing Workers
December 23, 2014
On Aug. 25, 2014, Maria Fernandes was found dead inside her automobile. The 32-year old worked at three different Dunkin Donuts stores in New Jersey and frequently napped in her car between shifts. She also carried a gasoline container in the...
Stop Delaying America's Mail
December 23, 2014
APWU members held more than 150 protests on Nov. 14, with events in all 50 states, to send a message to Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe and the USPS Board of Governors: Stop Delaying America’s Mail!
The protests received extensive media coverage...
We Must Make Our ‘Cause’ the People’s Cause!
December 23, 2014
The APWU is gearing up for a major battle: The fight to win a good contract for our members, while we fight for a vibrant, public Postal Service for the people of the country. Negotiations are set to begin on Feb. 19, three months before the current...
Medicare Enrollment
December 23, 2014
This article appeared in the January-February 2015 edition of The American Postal Worker.
General enrollment in Medicare is open from Jan. 1 through March 31, but don’t confuse the general enrollment period with your eligibility enrollment period: ...
The 411 on 211
December 23, 2014
Every hour, thousands of Americans require some type of essential human service. However, trying to determine what service is available or how to qualify for a service can be a challenge even for the most resourceful and tenacious of individuals....