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Message to Our APWU Family Affected by Hurricanes Helene and Milton Devastation

October 9, 2024
Many of our North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida members and their families, as well as the communities we serve, are reeling from the devastation of Hurricane Helene to life and property, and are facing a long difficult road to...

Robert Romanowski Appointed to Fill New Clerk Division Assistant Director “C” Position

October 9, 2024
On October 8, 2024, Robert “Bob” Romanowski was named by APWU Clerk Division Director Lamont Brooks to fill the newly created position of Assistant Director “C”, Clerk Division.

Spreading the Word on the Street

November 1, 2015
Des Moines Area Local steward Julie Kestel  with daughter Mackenzie on a float in the city’s Labor Day Parade. (This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) APWU members have been out and...

Workers Comp Fraud Investigations

November 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Special agents of the Postal Service Office of the Inspector General (OIG) are contracted to “safeguard postal revenue” and are supposed to “...

A Century Later, Labor’s Legendary Troubadour Lives On

October 31, 2015
Joe Hill  (This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) One hundred years have passed since a firing squad at the Utah State Penitentiary executed Joe Hill at sunrise on Nov. 19, 1915. The...

Budget Deal Protecting Social Security and Medicare Beneficiaries Passes U.S. House

October 30, 2015
  Congressional leaders and the White House announced on Monday that they had reached a deal to avert default and keep the government funded. Outgoing House Speaker John Boehner helped arrange the deal, which also cleared the way for new Speaker ...

MVS Operators Honored for Safe Driving by National Safety Council

October 30, 2015
Jimmy Ellis  Charles Pettus Two MVS tractor-trailer operators have been issued awards in recognition of their safe driving records.  Jimmy Ellis of the Greater Seattle Area Local and Charles Pettus of the Oakland Local received Joseph M. Kaplan Safe...

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