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APWU Launches National Ad; Warns of Price Hikes, Post Office Closures in Anti-Privatization Campaign
July 21, 2025
This week the American Postal workers Union (APWU) launched a national advertising campaign on to alert the public about proposed plans to privatize the public Postal Service. The ad called “Memo” highlights a document sent by Wells Fargo Equity...
APWU Arbitration Award Secures Grievance Rights for Separated Non-Probationary Employees
July 17, 2025
The APWU has secured a major victory for the rights of non-probationary employees who are discharged without just cause from the Postal Service to file grievances on those discharges and have them heard in arbitration, Industrial Relations Director...
What Happens to COPA Requests?
January 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
It was a pleasure to spend time with APWU brothers and sisters at the All-Craft Conference. I truly enjoyed the opportunity to discuss our...
Time for a Political Revolution?
January 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
You may have heard politicians talking about income inequality recently, but did you know that approximately 42 percent of Americans work for $...
‘Zero Base’ Initiative Dispute Settled
January 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
The APWU and the Postal Service settled a dispute in September concerning management’s restructuring of Tractor-Trailer Operator and Motor...
First Time in More than a Decade: Clerk Craft Grows
January 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
For the first time in many years, the number of employees in the Clerk Craft has increased. The total number of Clerk Craft employees on Sept....
Arbitrator Blasts Management In BMC Staffing Case
January 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
The APWU won an important grievance involving maintenance Craft staffing at Bulk Mail Centers on Oct. 19, when Arbitrator Ira Jaffe issued a...