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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-...

Remembering Emma Tenayuca

December 21, 2016
20-year old Emma Tenayuca speaks to members of the National Workers Alliance outside a hearing  investigating beatings by border patrol officers, Feb. 23, 1937. Photo courtesy of UTSA In Depression-era south Texas, Emma Tenayuca was a young Mexican-...

Priorities Trump Should Set for Vets

December 20, 2016
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) President-elect Donald Trump made veterans, trade and jobs the cornerstones of his campaign.

Together We Stopped the TPP!!

December 19, 2016
APWU members rallied against the TPP at the 2016 National Convention. The 114th U.S. Congressional session is over and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is officially dead. This victory comes despite it being a signature effort of the White House...

Landmark Arbitration Decision Upholds Craft Assignments, Job Posting Rights

December 16, 2016
Arbitrator Stephen Goldberg issued a decision on Dec. 8, 2016, holding that the Postal Service violated the Collective Bargaining Agreement when it failed to assign Sales Retention Team (SRT) center work to the Clerk Craft and post the positions for...

2017 Officer’s Fiduciary Responsibility & QuickBooks Training

December 14, 2016
The Secretary-Treasurer’s Department will be hosting an Officer’s Fiduciary Responsibility & QuickBooks Training in Atlanta, GA from March 9-11, 2017.  It will take place at the Westin Peachtree Plaza. Reservations can be made by calling the...

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