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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.
Saying Goodbye as Regional Coordinator
June 3, 2019
(This article first appeared in the May/June 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
Sisters and Brothers, it is that time in the APWU constitutional cycle to make the decision to run for office – in my case, to run for an eleventh term...
Fighting for our Sick Leave Benefits
June 3, 2019
(This article first appeared in the May/June 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
I believe that many postal employees take for granted the benefits they are afforded through the efforts of their union. Postal employees have the...
A Fair Day's Wages
June 3, 2019
(This article first appeared in the May/June 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
A Fair Day’s Wages for a Fair Day’s Work is an objective of the labor movement – trade unions and other workers groups – to increase pay and adopt...
MS 1 BEM Staffing Updates
June 3, 2019
(This article first appeared in the May/June 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
Building Equipment Maintenance (BEM) Mechanics are responsible for maintaining postal building infrastructures, namely (1) Building Electrical Systems (...
Automation: Progress for Whom?
June 3, 2019
(This article first appeared in the May/June 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
The Postal Service’s use of automation has taken away Clerk Craft work, made remaining work harder, and reduced the power of workers at the Post Office...