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Maitenance PTR Payment Distribution Is on the Way

January 14, 2025
BREAKING NEWS: Your share of the PTR payment distribution is on the way

Preventing Injuries While Lifting Objects on the Workroom Floor

January 14, 2025
The Industrial Relations Department shares proper lifting techniques to avoid injury when moving heavy parcels and sacks:

'Stop Staples' Campaign Gains Momentum

May 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The American Federation of School Administrators (AFSA) may be small in numbers, but its impact on the Don’t Buy Staples campaign could be huge. The 20...

Senate Opposes USPS Service Cuts

May 1, 2015
  The Senate approved a motion on S. Con. Res. 11 introduced by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) that instructs budget conferees to insist on a deficit-neutral fund to halt mail processing center closures, restore overnight mail delivery, and protect...

The Road to a New Contract

May 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The road to contract negotiations has been a long one. The APWU began holding internal weekly meetings in August 2014; the current Collective Bargaining...

Mail Delivery Takes a Dramatic Dive

May 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Across the country, postal customers are complaining that they’re waiting longer for their mail. And while postal management dismisses the complaints as...

Canadian Postal Workers Launch Boycott

May 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Postal workers in the United States and Canada face many of the same struggles – including the threat of privatization. Mirroring the Stop Staples...

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