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Maintaining Adequate Financial Controls, Policies, and Procedures

May 15, 2025
Secretary-Treasurer Liz Powell shares the importance of maintaining adequate financial controls, policies and procedures as a local Trustee.

Are You Reaching Out with Best Practices for Member and Community Mobilizing?

May 15, 2025
“To create a better world, we must have faith in each other and how our diverse beliefs, backgrounds, and perspectives unite in solidarity for justice.” - Vice President Debby Szeredy urges members to mobilize within our communities and spread our...

Dispute Over Reassignment of APWU Bargaining-Unit Employees to Other Craft's Vacant Assignments

The APWU initiated a dispute over whether there is a disagreement between the parties regarding Article 12.5.C.5.a(4) or similar provisions of the National Agreement, and applicable provisions of handbooks and manuals, concerning reassignment of...

Management Publishes New Drug and Alcohol Testing Policy

The Postal Service has finally published a new Drug and Alcohol Testing policy, Management Instruction PO-720-2010-1 [PDF], which became effective Dec. 31, 2009. We first announced an agreement with management on a new drug testing policy in March,...

2012 Death on the Job Report

The AFL-CIO Safety and Health Department released its 2012 Death on the Job Report May 2, 2012. The final fatality data reported 4,690 fatal work injuries in 2010, up from 4,551 in 2009 and an increase in the fatality rate from 3.5/100,000 workers...

Local Unions Fight to Save Post Offices

Several south Florida communities are continuing the struggle to keep their neighborhood post offices open. In February, when the USPS released itsmost recent list of targeted stations, one office in Fort Myers, two in Naples, and two locations in...

Training Programs for 2007

To help APWU activists enhance their skills, the Research and Education Department will be providing several training programs in 2007.

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