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Sixth COLA Increase Announced

August 14, 2024
In accordance with the 2021-2024 Collective Bar­gaining Agreement, career employees represented by the APWU will receive a $0.47 per hour cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), effective September 27, 2024.

Applications for the APWU Leadership Institute Class Two Open Until September 13, 2024

August 13, 2024
Applications for the APWU Leadership Institute Class Two Open Until September 13, 2024

MVS Workers Drive the Message Home

May 1, 2016
MVS panel participants (top row): Michael McDonald, Steven Dietz, William Drew (bottom row) Robert Stierle, Virgil Fleming, Kevin Knapp and Robert Strickland. (This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker ...

APWU Website 'De-Links' Local Websites During Union Election Period

May 1, 2016
The APWU national election period has begun, and in approximately five months, on Oct. 5, the counting of ballots will begin. Effective May 1, the national APWU website "de-linked" all local and state websites for the duration of the union election...

The U.S. Post Office: The Workers' Savings Bank

April 30, 2016
The first depositors at the New York Postal Savings Bank. Once upon a time, in a not-so-far-away land, working people were able to safely deposit and withdraw their hard-earned dollars, with no excessive fees or fuss. Everyone had access to safe...

APWU West Virginia State Convention Feels the Bern!

April 29, 2016
Attendees of the APWU West Virginia State Convention were Feeling the Bern on April 28, as the National Nurses United (NNU) Bernie Bus made a stop in Charleston, WV.  

OIG: USPS Cost-Cutting Strategies ‘Not Sustainable’

April 28, 2016
The Postal Service has cut labor costs by more than $10 billion since the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (PAEA) was passed in 2006, but its cost-cutting strategies are “not sustainable,” according to a recent report by the Office of...

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