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The Maintenance Division and the Article 12 Notification Process

May 21, 2024
Maintenance Craft Director Idowu Balogun provides information on the Article 12 notification process, and the steps required in our Collective Bargaining Agreement prior to excessing.

Solidarity Is The Antidote to a Toxic Workplace

May 21, 2024
As the “Chief Spokesperson” for the 2024 contract negotiations, I have both a huge and humbling task. The outcome of negotiations, whether through a voluntary agreement or through a contract imposed upon us by an interest arbitration panel, will...

Remember George: Give the Gift of Life

November 13, 2009
In a 90-day campaign launched in April, the APWU, the Postal Service and the National Marrow Donor Program took part in a nationwide marrow-registry drive, both to support the program in general and in the hopes that a donor-match would be found for...

Garment Worker Expanded Union Ideals Beyond the Workplace

October 31, 2009
Every time people take a stand to improve the lot of others, “they send forth a tiny ripple of hope,” Robert F. Kennedy once observed. Chicago garment worker Sidney Hillman spent a lifetime sending forth ripples that made big waves — and helped turn...

APWU Health Plan: Our Purpose ... Your Health

October 30, 2009
APWU Health Plan is proud to announce our new benefits and premiums for 2010.

Social Security to Host Webinar for Wounded Warriors

October 28, 2009
The Social Security Administration will host a Webinar, “Social Security for Wounded Warriors,” to address benefit programs and the expedited processing of disability claims available to wounded veterans.

Victory: FERS Sick-Leave Credit Becomes Law

October 28, 2009
President Obama signed legislation Oct. 28 that will allow postal and federal workers who retire under the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) to receive credit for sick leave when they retire.

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