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Preparing for Retirement
January 15, 2025
Retirees Director Nancy Olumekor urges postal workers, whether you’re 5, 10, or 30 years from retirement, to prepare by attending retirement planning seminars hosted by the APWU Retirees Department and staying abreast of relevant legislation.
Progress Is A Must In This New Year
January 15, 2025
Human Relations Director Daleo Freeman outlines goals for the department in 2025, including to continue trainings for locals and states, and to utilize Regional Resource Assistants to better assist locals and states with their issues.
'Big Bill' Haywood: The 'Wobbly' Giant
August 31, 2015
“Big Bill” Haywood was a big man with a big heart and a big dream – to build one big union for workers from every industry. He could break a man’s jaw with a single blow, but he wept openly when a poem moved him.
“Big Bill” was born William Dudley...
Clerk Officers Outline Criteria for Disbursement of $56 Million Payout for ‘Global Settlement’ of Violations of Article 1.6.B
August 31, 2015
In a conference call with local and state presidents, the APWU’s Clerk Division officers outlined the criteria for distributing the $56 million lump-sum penalty portion of the settlement that resolves a decades-long dispute over postmasters and...
Do You ‘Stand with Postal Workers?’
August 31, 2015
Have you signed ? Thousands have already taken the pledge. Check out this video to find out why.
Do You ‘Stand with Postal Workers?’
Posted by APWU - The American Postal Workers Union on Monday, August 31, 2015
A Century After His Execution, Labor’s Legendary Troubadour Lives On
August 31, 2015
One hundred years have passed since a firing squad at the Utah State Penitentiary executed Joe Hill at sunrise on Nov. 19, 1915. The renowned labor organizer had been framed on a murder charge.
But a century after his death, the legend of “Joe Hill...
e-Team Report, Aug. 29, 2015
August 29, 2015
The Postal Service’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued an alert this month that confirms what the APWU has been telling Congress and what postal patrons have been enduring – America’s mail has slowed dramatically. In its review of mail...