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Postal Workers and Allies: Stop the Slowdown!

January 17, 2025
Stop the Slowdown! The Postal Service proposed plans to decrease service standards to the detriment of our communities. Here’s why hundreds of thousands members of the public are standing up and fighting back against efforts to degrade the country’s...

Our Labor History: National Strike Against GE and New York Transit Strike

January 17, 2025
This month in Labor History, we look back at two major strikes that shifted their industries: the General Electric and Westinghouse nationwide strike of over 800,000 auto and steelworkers, and the New York City Transit Strike which shut down the...

Juneteenth Holiday

June 17, 2021
On June 17, 2021, President Joe Biden signed into law the S. 475 Juneteenth National Independence Day Act. This law establishes June 19th of each year as a Federal holiday. President Biden then declared it would be observed beginning June 18, 2021,...

Das 110 HCRs Noncompliance Award Issued

June 11, 2021
As a remedy for the Postal Service’s failing to comply with the award, Arbitrator Das ordered the Postal Service to provide the bargaining unit a monetary remedy “based on the number of additional hours that would have been worked on unconverted...

New Resources Available for Veterans

June 10, 2021
On June 7, the APWU posted three new resources compiled for APWU members who are Veterans of the Armed Services.

Bulk Mail Tech and Mailing Requirement Clerk

June 9, 2021
On June 7, 2021, Clerk Craft Director Lamont Brooks reached agreement with the Postal Service to extend the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), Re: Bulk Mail Tech and Mailing Requirement Position Qualification. The MOU, which was originally dated...

Training Guides for LSSAs Updated

June 9, 2021
The training guides for Lead Sales & Services Associates (LSSAs) were recently revised in May of 2021. The training materials include the following:

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