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An Update on the Social Security Fairness Act

September 6, 2024
Time is running out to get the Social Security Fairness Act (HR 82) passed. We are asking every APWU member to call Monday, September 9th and demand our representatives sign the discharge petition (HR 1410).

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).

UNI Congress in Cape Town: 'Ubuntu'

March 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Two APWU officers – Retirees Director Judy Beard and Research & Education Director Joyce Robinson – attended UNI Global Union’s Fourth Congress...

APWU, Allies Launch 'Campaign for Postal Banking'

March 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) A coalition of consumer organizations, financial reform groups, faith-based organizations and workers’ groups, including the APWU, announced the...

Refinery Workers Strike for Safety

March 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)  On Feb. 1, for the first time in 35 years, the United Steel Workers Union (USW) announced work stoppages at oil refineries in five states to protest...

Democracy Initiative Aims to Take Money Out of Politics

March 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)  Alarmed by the increasing role of corporate funding of elections and the suppression of voting rights in recent elections, a coalition known as the...

Mental Health Workers at Kaiser Hospitals Strike

March 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)  “Mental health, not corporate wealth!” That’s the plea of 2,600 National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) mental health employees at Kaiser...

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