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2024 Penalty Overtime Exclusion Period

August 27, 2024
The "Penalty Overtime Exclusion" period for calendar year 2024 will begin Pay Period 26-2024, Week 1 (November 30, 2024) and end Pay Period 01-2025, Week 2 (December 27, 2024).

'Stay In Your Lane, APWU'?

August 27, 2024
Western Regional Coordinator Omar Gonzalez explains the importance of union involvement beyond the workroom floor  including economic, political, and social justice as outlined in our National Constitution & Bylaws.

Vote by Mail: The Postal Service Can Handle It

September 16, 2020
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Mail-in voter fraud is a conspiracy. The real problem is voter suppression. With the Nov. 3 election fast approaching, fighting voter...

USPS Planning to Reduce AFCS, DBCS, AFSM100, and FSS in its Mail Processing Facilities

September 16, 2020
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Please be advised that pursuant to Article 15, Sections 2 and 4, of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, the APWU is initiating a Step 4 Dispute...

It Pays to Be Union! Retroactive Pay and COLAs in Recent Paychecks

September 16, 2020
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) As this issue goes to press, most APWU members received their retroactive pay in their paychecks dated September 4. This retroactive pay is the...

Management Must Abide by the Collective Bargaining Agreement

September 16, 2020
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) It has been a different summer for all of us. Every member of the APWU has been touched by the COVID-19 pandemic in one way or another. Yet all...

APWU Holds Regional Zoom Meetings

September 16, 2020
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) The National American Postal Workers Union greatly appreciates all of your terrific work in these difficult times. From health and safety...

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