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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

Union Members Bring Home the Bacon

February 2, 2016
  Union members are bringing home a lot more bacon – about $204 more per week than their non-union counterparts.  

Update on $56 Million Settlement

February 1, 2016
Information provided by the Postal Service reveals numerous management errors in the initial payment of a $56 million settlement to employees in small offices, Clerk Craft Director Clint Burelson has announced.

Costco Wants to Know: Should USPS Be Privatized?

February 1, 2016
Costco, the discount retailer, is conducting a survey, “Should the U.S. Postal Service be Privatized?” in The Costco Connection. Click here to vote “no” by Feb. 10.

An Action-Packed Year

February 1, 2016
Members of the Dallas [TX] Area Local at the May 14 National Day of Action. (This article first appeared in the March-April 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Frederick Douglas, the renowned anti-slavery leader, declared, “Without...

Secret Document Exposes USPS Privatization Planning

January 29, 2016
A document unearthed in proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) reveals why the APWU is adamant that the Postal Service’s deal with Staples – and others like it – must be stopped.

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