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Postal Workers Hold Nationwide 'Day of Action' Oct. 1 in 90 Cities to Promote Vote-by-Mail, Demand First-Class Service Year-Round

October 1, 2024
WASHINGTON –  On Tues., Oct. 1 postal workers who are members of the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) will be rallying with the public in front of postal facilities across the country to sound the alarm about the United States Postal Service’s...

APWU Maintenance Division Secures $15 Million Part-Time Regular Settlement Agreement

September 23, 2024
In 2021, the APWU Maintenance Division filed a national dispute regarding the Postal Service's violation of Article 7 section 3 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), specifically concerning the 2.5 percent cap on the total number of Part-...

A Grand Alliance to Hold Virtual Policy Conference

January 11, 2021
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) A Grand Alliance is excited to announce a major policy conference to be held virtually, starting March 16, that will culminate in the development...

APWU Family Members Awarded 2020 Union Plus Scholarships

January 11, 2021
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) In 2020, five students from APWU families were awarded Union Plus scholarships. In total, Union Plus awarded scholarships to over 215 students...

Former APWU National Officers Pass Away

January 11, 2021
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Ron Nesmith Ron Nesmith, former National Business Agent in the Clerk Division, passed away on December 9, 2020 at the age of 79. A resident of...

Public Banking Initiatives March Onward in California

January 11, 2021
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Regular readers of this column will recall that in late 2019, California passed a landmark public banking bill, which allowed for the creation of...

Gearing up for Contract Negotiations in 2021

January 11, 2021
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Happy new year, sisters and brothers! This past year brought challenges we had not seen in the Postal Service before. But all of you accepted...

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