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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-...
Houston PSEs Step Up to Union Activism
July 8, 2016
(This article first appeared in the July-August issue of The American Postal Worker Magazine)
Heather Lewis, a Postal Support Employee in Houston, loves her job. “PSEs work really hard. We work long hours, but I actually enjoy it. It’s very...
Summary and Highlights from Interest Arbitration Award
July 8, 2016
(This article first appeared in the July-August issue of The American Postal Worker Magazine)
With the decision of the interest arbitration panel of July 8, 2016, we have a new Collective Bargaining Agreement between the American Postal Workers...
Fed Up with Understaffing, Saint Louis Local Pickets Post Office
July 8, 2016
(This article first appeared in the July-August issue of The American Postal Worker Magazine)
Fed up with chronic understaffing of mail sorting machines, nearly 100 members of the Saint Louis Gateway Area Local and their allies formed an...
Thousands Protest Secret Trade Deals
July 8, 2016
Thousands protest secret trade deals in Hannover, Germany.
(This article first appeared in the July-August issue of The American Postal Worker Magazine)
Approximately 30,000 protestors took to the streets of Hannover, Germany, in late April to...
Rewriting the Rules of the Rigged Economy
July 8, 2016
(This article first appeared in the July-August issue of The American Postal Worker Magazine)
The average U.S. family paid $2,050 to bail out Wall Street after the economy crashed in 2008 and lost nearly $5,800 in income due to reduced economic...