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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-...
More Than Double the Goal
September 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the September-October 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
The Dallas Area Local sponsored a COPA drive with the goal of raising $5,000 for the union’s Committee on Political Action – well over the...
Walmart: Stop Fraud, Abuse in Charter Schools
September 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the September-October 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
Recently, there have been many headlines about waste, fraud, and abuse at charter schools across the country. School districts lack the...
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...
Settlement Reached On Payment to PSEs for Fingerprints
September 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the September-October 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
The APWU and the Postal Service signed an agreement on July 15 that will compensate Postal Support Employees (PSEs) for the time they spent and...
The Union Election Process: Nominations
September 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the September-October 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
Nominating candidates for office is a fundamental component of democratically electing union officers, and an important part of the election...