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Maintaining Adequate Financial Controls, Policies, and Procedures
May 15, 2025
Secretary-Treasurer Liz Powell shares the importance of maintaining adequate financial controls, policies and procedures as a local Trustee.
Are You Reaching Out with Best Practices for Member and Community Mobilizing?
May 15, 2025
“To create a better world, we must have faith in each other and how our diverse beliefs, backgrounds, and perspectives unite in solidarity for justice.” - Vice President Debby Szeredy urges members to mobilize within our communities and spread our...
APWU-Salmon & Sons Contract Expires End of February
February 28, 2005
The collective bargaining agreement between the American Postal Workers Union and Pat Salmon & Sons is due to expire Feb. 28. The agreement affects more than 500 private-sector mail-haul drivers represented by the APWU.
Private-Sector Workers Prepare for Job Action
February 15, 2005
With their initial contract due to expire at the end of the month, more than 500 private sector mail-haul drivers represented by the APWU are preparing a possible strike against Pat Salmon & Sons in the wake of the company's pronouncement that...
Arbitrator Rules for Union In Major Attendance Case
February 3, 2005
An arbitrator has sustained the APWU’s arguments in two of three outstanding issues in a significant attendance case. In a ruling in late January, Arbitrator Shyam Das said that the Postal Service may not require an employee to describe the nature...
Miller to Chair Postal Panel
January 13, 2005
The USPS Board of Governors has elected James C. Miller III, chairman, and Alan Kessler, vice chairman, for 2005.
“We look forward to working with the new leaders of the Board of Governors and to helping them serve the American people,” said APWU...

Sanitation Workers’ Strike Spurs Cause of Economic Justice
December 31, 2004
During a heavy rainstorm on Jan. 31, 1968, about two dozen Memphis sewer workers — all of them black — were sent home without pay. Their orders came from supervisors — all of them white — who were paid for their day’s work.