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Preparing for Retirement

January 15, 2025
Retirees Director Nancy Olumekor urges postal workers, whether you’re 5, 10, or 30 years from retirement, to prepare by attending retirement planning seminars hosted by the APWU Retirees Department and staying abreast of relevant legislation.

Progress Is A Must In This New Year

January 15, 2025
Human Relations Director Daleo Freeman outlines goals for the department in 2025, including to continue trainings for locals and states, and to utilize Regional Resource Assistants to better assist locals and states with their issues.

Union Presents Economic Demands; Assails 'Lack of Progress' in Talks

November 6, 2006
After offering a blunt assessment of the first two months of negotiations, APWU President William Burrus presented the USPS with economic proposals on Nov. 6, calling for raises and upgrades that are commensurate with union members’ performance over...

‘Get Out the Vote!’

November 1, 2006
“The Nov. 7 election gives us the best chance in many years to elect a pro-worker Congress,” APWU President William Burrus has said, “and I urge every union member to take advantage of this important opportunity and vote.” Burrus has asked union...

A Checkered Past

October 31, 2006
Offering a range of “private investigative” services, the Pinkerton Detective Agency was founded in 1850 and at first specialized in train robberies: the protection of railroad property. By the late 1860s, however, Pinkerton agents were protecting...

Thousands of Postal Workers Protest Ill-Conceived USPS Plans

October 26, 2006
In a nationwide day of picketing Oct. 26, APWU locals across the country protested Postal Service policies that put the demands of corporate advertising mailers ahead of the needs of individual postal customers and small businesses. The picketing...

APWU Locals Prepare for Nationwide Day of Picketing

October 25, 2006
Momentum has been building for the APWU nationwide day of picketing to be held Thursday, Oct. 26, at locations across the country. Delegates at the 18th Biennial APWU Convention in Philadelphia adopted a resolution to conduct a day of picketing that...

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