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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-...

18th Biennial APWU POWER Convention is Aug 24-27

March 9, 2017
The 18th Biennial APWU Post Office Women for Equal Rights (POWER) Convention will take place Thursday, Aug. 24 through Sunday, Aug. 27 at the Hyatt Regency Baltimore Inner Harbor, 300 Light Street, Baltimore, MD 21202.  

Final Payment of 1.6.b Global Settlement Remedy Agreement

March 9, 2017
The Postal Service is distributing the final payment of the 1.6.b Global Settlement to over 13,000 active employees and retirees this week.  The payment is part of the remedy agreed upon in the Global Settlement reached between the APWU and the USPS...

APWU Members Join UAW’s ‘March on Mississippi’

March 9, 2017
Over two dozen APWU members came from  multiple states to support the Nissan workers efforts to organize.  APWU members stood in solidarity at the “March on Mississippi” with Nissan workers attempting to organize a union and join the United Auto...

MTESC Workers Unanimously Ratify First Contract

March 9, 2017
New APWU members at the Mail Transport Equipment Service Center (MTESC) in Urbandale, IA, unanimously ratified an initial two-year contract... The contract will increase job security through the implementation of a grievance process, a guaranteed...

International Working Women’s Day

March 8, 2017
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) APWU officers, staff and members participated in the International Women's Day Rally. By Research & Education Director Joyce Robinson ...

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