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House Resolution 70: Protecting the People’s Post Office
January 30, 2025
Please call APWU’s Legislative Hotline at 1-844-402-1001 to be connected to your member of Congress today, and ask them to cosponsor H. Res. 70, which expressly opposes postal privatization. Defending the people’s public Postal Service from...
This is a 'Code Red Alert' to APWU Veterans
January 21, 2025
In the last Home Front article, we warned veterans about “Project 2025” and how a second Trump term would destroy the VA, and VA healthcare benefits. Unfortunately for our APWU veteran family, his Project 2025 plan to destroy VA healthcare could...
Postal Unions Form Alliance
March 11, 2014
Declaring that “the U.S. Postal Service is under unprecedented attack,” the presidents of the four postal unions have formed a historic alliance to fight back.
Lynn Pallas-Barber Appointed Assistant Clerk Craft Director
March 10, 2014
The APWU Clerk Division Council approved the appointment of Lynn Pallas-Barber to the position of Assistant Clerk Craft Director “B” at a meeting on March 7. Pallas-Barber fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Lyle Krueth in January.
USPS Withdraws Challenge, PSE Hours Count Toward Desirable Duty Assignments
March 10, 2014
The Postal Service has withdrawn a challenge to provisions in the Collective Bargaining Agreement that require management to post newly created duty assignments using all available work hours — including hours worked by Postal Support Employees,...
Mail Handlers Union Joins ‘Stop Staples’ Campaign
March 10, 2014
The National Postal Mail Handlers Union (NPMHU) is offering “wholehearted support” for the ‘Stop Staples’ campaign, the union has announced.
Staples to Close 225 Stores
March 10, 2014
The March 6 announcement by Staples CEO Ron Sargent that the office-supply chain will close 225 stores by the end of 2015, “Proves that it’s a bad idea to turn over public postal services to a private company that can close stores with no public...