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Don't Let Management Take Your Pulse!
July 8, 2024
The APWU is urging union members to refrain from participating in the USPS management’s Postal Pulse survey. Negotiations for a new union contract began June 25, and any information you give them can be used in retaliation to hurt us during...
Contract Negotiations Begin – APWU Negotiating Team Delivers Opening Day Remarks
June 27, 2024
On June 25, contract negotiations began for our next main collective bargaining agreement with the Postal Service. The current contract expires on Sept. 20. Both the union and postal management exchanged opening statements, outlining their...
Union Pauses for Impromptu Celebration of Obama’s Win
June 4, 2008
APWU officers and staff paused briefly Wednesday afternoon to celebrate Barack Obama’s apparent nomination as the Democratic Party candidate for president. “We want to acknowledge the historic nature of June 3, 2008,” said union President William...
Time Running Short For ‘Creativity Contest’ Entries
June 3, 2008
APWU members are reminded that entries for the union’s creativity contest for their children and grandchildren are due by June 30.
Sponsored by the American Postal Workers Union, the contest is designed to promote among our youth a better...
APWU Testimony Kicks Off Controversy
June 2, 2008
Recent APWU testimony on Capitol Hill about the Postal Service’s obligation to provide “universal service” to all Americans seems to have stirred up a controversy.
Addressing a House subcommittee on May 8, APWU Legislative Director Myke Reid...
Postal Workers Protected from Retaliation for Age-Discrimination Complaints
May 28, 2008
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled May 27 that the law that prohibits age discrimination protects federal and postal employees from retaliation when they file age-discrimination complaints. The ruling is noteworthy because the statute in question...
Onsite Children’s Activities Violate Local Regulations
May 23, 2008
While delegates to the last several APWU national conventions have had childcare services available to them, a recently-passed local ordinance means that the union will be unable to coordinate activities for children at this year’s gathering in Las...