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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.

Are We Going to Let the Big Corporations Privatize Us?

January 16, 2019
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  By Vice President Debby Szeredy Let’s talk about the facts. Here I am, a union postal worker. What will happen if I don’t step up and help...

Not Surprising - USPS 2012 Cuts Do Not Create Projected Savings

January 16, 2019
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  The Office of Inspector General (OIG) Oct. 15 report proves what postal workers have been shouting for years – cuts to mail processing and...

Majority of Senate Members Oppose Postal Privatization

January 16, 2019
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  In Dec. 2018, Senate Resolution 633 (S. Res. 633) achieved a majority of co-sponsors. This resolution expressed the need to keep the United...

Task Force: No Fire Sale, But Privatization Threat Looms

January 16, 2019
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  The long-awaited report of President Trump’s Task Force on the future of the Postal Service was released Dec. 4, months after its original...

The Ostrich Syndrome

January 16, 2019
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  By President Mark Dimondstein  “Bury your head in the sand” is a common saying based on the myth that when an ostrich senses danger, it buries...

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