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2024 Scholarship Winners

August 9, 2024
The APWU proudly presents the winners of three scholarship programs: The E.C. Hallbeck Memorial Scholarship, Vocational Scholarship, and Best Essay Award for 2024!

2024 APWU Scholarship Winners Announced!

August 7, 2024
The APWU proudly presents the winners of three scholarship programs: The E.C. Hallbeck Memorial Scholarship, Vocational Scholarship, and Best Essay Award for 2024! 

Rallying to Restore Voting Rights Act

November 1, 2015
The APWU had a strong showing at the rally to restore the Voting Rights Act. (This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The APWU joined the NAACP, Democracy Initiative, and other labor...

Spreading the Word on the Street

November 1, 2015
Des Moines Area Local steward Julie Kestel  with daughter Mackenzie on a float in the city’s Labor Day Parade. (This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) APWU members have been out and...

Workers Comp Fraud Investigations

November 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Special agents of the Postal Service Office of the Inspector General (OIG) are contracted to “safeguard postal revenue” and are supposed to “...

A Century Later, Labor’s Legendary Troubadour Lives On

October 31, 2015
Joe Hill  (This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) One hundred years have passed since a firing squad at the Utah State Penitentiary executed Joe Hill at sunrise on Nov. 19, 1915. The...

Budget Deal Protecting Social Security and Medicare Beneficiaries Passes U.S. House

October 30, 2015
  Congressional leaders and the White House announced on Monday that they had reached a deal to avert default and keep the government funded. Outgoing House Speaker John Boehner helped arrange the deal, which also cleared the way for new Speaker ...

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