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The History of International Working Women’s Day

March 8, 2024
International Working Women’s Day (IWD) is a day of collective global activism and celebration that belongs to all those committed to progressing women’s equality. Celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political advancement of women, the...

Facts and Arguments Exchanged in Dispatch Coordinator National Dispute

March 5, 2024
On Monday, March 4, 2024, the Clerk Craft and the Postal Service exchanged 15-day statements in the dispute surrounding the newly created Dispatch Coordinator position.

1912 Textile Strike Put Women in the Line of Fire

February 29, 2008
Early in the 20th Century, fully half of the 80,000 people living in Lawrence, MA, labored in its textile industry. The typical workplace was dimly lit, dangerously cramped with machinery, cold in the winter, and hot in the summer. Most of the...

Anti-Subcontracting Measure Attracting Support

February 28, 2008
Several more “co-sponsors” have signed on to show their support for the Mail Network Protection Act (H.R. 4236), which would require the Postal Service to bargain with postal unions before it engages in significant subcontracting. In February, these...

APWU Requests Investigation Of Private Contractors’ Use of USPS Property

February 28, 2008
APWU President William Burrus has asked USPS Inspector General David Williams to conduct an audit of the postal practice of permitting subcontractors to park trucks and store equipment on USPS property free-of-charge. The practice raises USPS...

APWU Continues the ‘Family’ Tradition

February 27, 2008
The Fort Wayne Area Local’s organizing drive last year yielded 135 new members.Organizing Committee Co-Chair Amy Sutcliffe, left, and Stephanie DeBolt prepare a bulk mailing during the campaign.  In 2007, when the APWU launched a Women’s Organizing...

Latest CPI Increase Means $479 Annual Pay Hike

February 21, 2008
The Consumer Price Index rose in January, the last month of the most recent six-month Cost-of-Living measuring period under the 2006 National Agreement. The rise in the CPI gives APWU-represented employees an annual raise of $479. The Cost-Of-Living...

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