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Maintenance Division Appoints Stephanie Logan as Central Region National Business Agent ‘C’

November 14, 2024
In accordance with Article 21 of the APWU Constitution and Bylaws, Maintenance Division Director Idowu Balogun has appointed Stephanie Logan to serve as the Maintenance Division’s Central Region National Business Agent “C”, covering the states of MI...

MVS Division Settles Puerto Rico FMCSA Consent to Query Form Dispute

November 14, 2024
The Motor Vehicle Service (MVS) Division has settled a Step-4 grievance (APWU Case HQTV20230514) on whether MVS employees in Puerto Rico are exempt from signing the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse...

Members Speak Out During ‘Town Hall’ Tour

November 1, 2015
Dimondstein chats with a member on the workfloor of the Orlando Processing & Distribution Center. (This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) I am a firm believer that union leaders...

Rallying to Restore Voting Rights Act

November 1, 2015
The APWU had a strong showing at the rally to restore the Voting Rights Act. (This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The APWU joined the NAACP, Democracy Initiative, and other labor...

Spreading the Word on the Street

November 1, 2015
Des Moines Area Local steward Julie Kestel  with daughter Mackenzie on a float in the city’s Labor Day Parade. (This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) APWU members have been out and...

Workers Comp Fraud Investigations

November 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Special agents of the Postal Service Office of the Inspector General (OIG) are contracted to “safeguard postal revenue” and are supposed to “...

A Century Later, Labor’s Legendary Troubadour Lives On

October 31, 2015
Joe Hill  (This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) One hundred years have passed since a firing squad at the Utah State Penitentiary executed Joe Hill at sunrise on Nov. 19, 1915. The...

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