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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-...

Social Security, IRS, & OPM Are Not Calling You!

January 17, 2019
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  By Retirees Department Director Nancy Olumekor When you receive a “cold call” from a federal agency – like the Social Security Administration, ...

Union Membership on the Rise

January 17, 2019
This article first appeared in the January/February 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  By Research & Education Department Director Joyce B. Robinson According to figures released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, membership in...

VA Mission Act: A Mission to Help Veterans or Effort to Privatize the VA?

January 17, 2019
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2019 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine)  The Veterans Administration Maintaining Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks Act was signed into law on June 6, 2018. Dubbed...

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