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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

Bank Closings and Lack of Confidence Point the Way to Postal Banking

November 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the November-December 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Way back in 1956, an article in the Monthly Business Review made a case for ending the Postal Savings System (see box). “It would seem that the...

From the Field

November 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the November-December 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) From the Field is a new recurring feature for the American Postal Worker spotlighting statements from APWU local and state publications on a...

Contracts Ratified

November 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the November-December 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Support Services Director Steve Brooks  The Support Services Division ratified two of its tentative agreements in August. First, the...

Still in the Struggle

November 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the November-December 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Central Regional Coordinator Sharyn M. Stone Postal management’s massive violation of Article 12 continues to have a significant impacton our...

Labor Distribution Codes

November 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the November-December 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  By Maintenance Craft Directors  When we punch into work, the USPS time-keeping system tracks our workhours based on the operation we badge onto...

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