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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-...

We're Fighting for Everyone

July 27, 2018
(This article first appeared in the July-August 2018 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine)  When APWU member Denisha Dean decided to step up and run for president of the Long Beach Area APWU Local, there were those who believed was too black...

Major Victory For Expanded Postal Services

July 26, 2018
On Wednesday, July 18, the APWU and our allies won a big victory by defeating an attempt to prohibit the Postal Service from expanding financial services. In a vote on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, an amendment to a government...

New Benefits Secured for Postal Support Employees (PSEs)

July 26, 2018
In the 2010 Collective Bargaining Agreement between the APWU and the US Postal Service, the parties established a “Workforce Benefits, Employment Opportunities, Training and Education Fund.”  The purpose of the fund was to provide for the Postal...

Postal Banking is Successful Around the World - Could It Work Here?

July 24, 2018
(This article first appeared in the July-August 2018 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) Postal services across the world provide tried and tested and successful models for postal banking, or the provision of financial services via the...

A Bold Vision for the U.S. Postal Service

July 24, 2018
(This article first appeared in the July-August 2018 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine)  Speaking out for better, expanded postal services at A Grand Alliance field hearing in Baltimore, MD, March 2016. What if, instead of reducing hours...

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