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Maintenance Division Appoints Stephanie Logan as Central Region National Business Agent ‘C’

November 14, 2024
In accordance with Article 21 of the APWU Constitution and Bylaws, Maintenance Division Director Idowu Balogun has appointed Stephanie Logan to serve as the Maintenance Division’s Central Region National Business Agent “C”, covering the states of MI...

MVS Division Settles Puerto Rico FMCSA Consent to Query Form Dispute

November 14, 2024
The Motor Vehicle Service (MVS) Division has settled a Step-4 grievance (APWU Case HQTV20230514) on whether MVS employees in Puerto Rico are exempt from signing the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse...

HCR Disputes, Renewals and Subcontracting

September 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the September-October 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) On June 25, 2015, the APWU won another round in our fight against subcontracting when the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) denied a motion...

'Big Bill' Haywood: The 'Wobbly' Giant

August 31, 2015
“Big Bill” Haywood was a big man with a big heart and a big dream – to build one big union for workers from every industry. He could break a man’s jaw with a single blow, but he wept openly when a poem moved him. “Big Bill” was born William Dudley...

Clerk Officers Outline Criteria for Disbursement of $56 Million Payout for ‘Global Settlement’ of Violations of Article 1.6.B

August 31, 2015
In a conference call with local and state presidents, the APWU’s Clerk Division officers outlined the criteria for distributing the $56 million lump-sum penalty portion of the settlement that resolves a decades-long dispute over postmasters and...

Do You ‘Stand with Postal Workers?’

August 31, 2015
Have you signed ? Thousands have already taken the pledge. Check out this video to find out why.  Do You ‘Stand with Postal Workers?’ Posted by APWU - The American Postal Workers Union on Monday, August 31, 2015

A Century After His Execution, Labor’s Legendary Troubadour Lives On

August 31, 2015
One hundred years have passed since a firing squad at the Utah State Penitentiary executed Joe Hill at sunrise on Nov. 19, 1915. The renowned labor organizer had been framed on a murder charge. But a century after his death, the legend of “Joe Hill...

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