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Postal Workers Hold Nationwide 'Day of Action' Oct. 1 in 90 Cities to Promote Vote-by-Mail, Demand First-Class Service Year-Round
October 1, 2024
WASHINGTON – On Tues., Oct. 1 postal workers who are members of the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) will be rallying with the public in front of postal facilities across the country to sound the alarm about the United States Postal Service’s...
APWU Maintenance Division Secures $15 Million Part-Time Regular Settlement Agreement
September 23, 2024
In 2021, the APWU Maintenance Division filed a national dispute regarding the Postal Service's violation of Article 7 section 3 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), specifically concerning the 2.5 percent cap on the total number of Part-...
Secret Trade Deal Would Dismantle Our Postal Service
September 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the September-October 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
A trade deal the U.S. is negotiating behind closed doors with 50 other countries would dismantle our public Postal Service as we know it....
After Strike, German Postal Workers Win Contract
September 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the September-October 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
German postal workers on strike in North Rhine-Westphalia.
After a four-week strike, German postal workers have secured a contract.
Workers...
Momentum Demands Movement
September 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the September-October 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
Momentum is defined as “mass in motion,” or “mass multiplied by velocity.”
In the political arena, momentum is critical to getting legislation...
‘I Support Postal Banking!’
September 1, 2015
Activists protest payday lendors in Columbia, MO.
A May 2015 white paper by the USPS Office of Inspector General (OIG) concludes that the Postal Service can act now to expand and enhance existing financial services, such as money orders,...
A Grand Alliance Goes to Congress
September 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the September-October 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
A delegation of representatives from A Grand Alliance to Save Our Public Postal Service took their concerns about postal issues to Capitol Hill...