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Contract Negotiations Begin – APWU Negotiating Team Delivers Opening Day Remarks

June 27, 2024
On June 25, contract negotiations began for our next main collective bargaining agreement with the Postal Service. The current contract expires on Sept. 20. Both the union and postal management exchanged opening statements, outlining their...

APWU “Building Union Power” National Organizing Drive Blasts Past Goal, Recruits 8707 New Members

June 27, 2024
The Building Union Power national organizing drive concluded on June 25, and by end of day, hit 8707 new members!

APWU Honored During 2021 Community Change Champions Awards

November 12, 2021
(This article first appeared in the November/December issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) On September 30, APWU ally organization Community Change held its annual Community Change Champions Awards, with the theme of “Rooted and Rising.”...

Negotiations Still Ongoing As Clock is Stopped

November 12, 2021
(This article first appeared in the November/December issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) On September 20, 2021, the Collective Bargaining Agreement was set to expire at midnight. As the deadline approached, the Core Negotiating Committee...

Support Postal Employees Impacted by Hurricane Ida and Other Natural Disasters

November 12, 2021
(This article first appeared in the November/December issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) On August 26, the 16-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana as a Category 4 storm. Behind Katrina, Ida was...

Puerto Rico Area Local Members Rally to Demand Safe Workplace

November 12, 2021
(This article first appeared in the November/December issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) On August 27, Puerto Rico Area Local members staged a rally at the General Post Office in San Juan, Puerto Rico, demanding that management address...

Postal Workers Are Always Essential

November 12, 2021
(This article first appeared in the November/December issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Your labor of love and survival has really made a difference to so many people over the last two years. Your job exposed you to COVID-19 – original...

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