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Contract Negotiations Begin – APWU Negotiating Team Delivers Opening Day Remarks
June 27, 2024
On June 25, contract negotiations began for our next main collective bargaining agreement with the Postal Service. The current contract expires on Sept. 20. Both the union and postal management exchanged opening statements, outlining their...
APWU “Building Union Power” National Organizing Drive Blasts Past Goal, Recruits 8707 New Members
June 27, 2024
The Building Union Power national organizing drive concluded on June 25, and by end of day, hit 8707 new members!
Workers Memorial Day
April 18, 2007
On April 28 each year, the labor movement observes Workers Memorial Day to commemorate workers who have been killed or injured on the job, and to renew the fight for safety-and-health protections. This year’s theme is Good Jobs, Safe Jobs. It’s Time...
Bloomington, Two Upstate New York AMPs Halted; Bronx Study in Limbo
April 13, 2007
The APWU received notice recently that consolidations of mail-processing operations in Watertown and Binghamton, NY, and Bloomington, IN, no longer are being considered, and that the Area Mail Processing study in the Bronx may be on hold.
“After...
IT/ASC Workers Ratify 4-Year Contract
April 9, 2007
APWU members have ratified a four-year contract covering more than 1,200 employees at Postal Service IT/ASC facilities.
Equal Pay Day Arrives April 24
April 4, 2007
On Tuesday, April 24, 2007, working women across the country will mark Equal Pay Day — the day when women’s wages will finally catch up to what men earned in 2006.
“Women have come a long way, but are still waiting for equal pay,” said Dr. Heidi...
Employee Free Choice Act Introduced in Senate
March 30, 2007
One of the most important labor law reform measures in decades was introduced in the U.S. Senate March 29 — legislation that would give American workers greater freedom to make their own choices about joining unions and bargaining for better wages,...