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17,000 AT&T Workers Strike Across Southeastern US
August 23, 2024
More than 17,000 AT&T workers across nine southeastern states walked off their jobs on Friday, Aug. 16, 2024. The workers, represented by Communications Workers of America (CWA), filed an unfair labor practice (ULP) charge against AT&T...
Statement from APWU President Mark Dimondstein on the Postal Service’s Proposal to Further Slow Mail Processing and Delivery
August 23, 2024
The American Postal Workers Union is deeply concerned regarding the August 22nd announcement from postal management, with the support of the Postal Board of Governors, that they are once again planning to slow down much of the country’s mail.
The...
Medicare and You
January 23, 2020
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
Medicare is health insurance for people 65 and older, people under 65 with certain disabilities, and people of any age with End-Stage Renal...
Let's Get Started!
January 23, 2020
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
Earning your vote as Health Plan Director is far and above one of the most exciting moments of my union career. Thanks to those that supported...
What's Up Doc?
January 23, 2020
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
Postal employees who are injured on the job have the right to select their treating physician. Under the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act (...
Dealing with Difficult People
January 23, 2020
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
As postal employees, we are required to interact with co-workers, customers, supervisors and managers. We sometimes feel overwhelmed. To avoid...
Blue Water, Public Law 116-23 in Effect
January 23, 2020
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
The Blue Water Navy (BWN) Vietnam Veterans Act of 2019, signed into law on June 25, 2019 went into effect on Jan. 1, 2020. The law presumes...