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The Maintenance Division and the Article 12 Notification Process

May 21, 2024
Maintenance Craft Director Idowu Balogun provides information on the Article 12 notification process, and the steps required in our Collective Bargaining Agreement prior to excessing.

Solidarity Is The Antidote to a Toxic Workplace

May 21, 2024
As the “Chief Spokesperson” for the 2024 contract negotiations, I have both a huge and humbling task. The outcome of negotiations, whether through a voluntary agreement or through a contract imposed upon us by an interest arbitration panel, will...

Burrus Urges Union Members: Get Out and Vote!

October 30, 2008
As Nov. 4 draws near, APWU President William Burrus is urging union members to “get out and vote!” “This has been a long campaign and the stakes are high, especially for working people,” he noted. “We must change the direction of our nation,” the...

New Jersey BMC Workers Rally Against Privatization

October 30, 2008
Given a boost by local and national elected officials, APWU members rallied in northern New Jersey on Oct. 27 to protest plans by the Postal Service to privatize Bulk Mail Centers.

APWU Members and Loved Ones Killed in Action in Iraq and Afghanistan

October 24, 2008
To our knowledge, 17 members of the APWU family have paid the ultimate price while fighting in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan:

Penalty Overtime, Casual Exception Periods Set

October 20, 2008
The annual periods during which penalty overtime regulations and the limit on the number of casuals are not applicable have been announced. As referenced in Article 8, Sections 4 and 5 of the National Agreement, there are four consecutive service...

Two New APWU Flyers Support Obama

October 20, 2008
Flyers urging union members to vote for Barack Obama for president and for pro-worker legislators in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives are being distributed to APWU members. A flyer mailed to APWU members who reside in “battleground...

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