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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-...
The Road to a New Contract
May 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
The road to contract negotiations has been a long one. The APWU began holding internal weekly meetings in August 2014; the current Collective Bargaining...
Mail Delivery Takes a Dramatic Dive
May 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
Across the country, postal customers are complaining that they’re waiting longer for their mail. And while postal management dismisses the complaints as...
Canadian Postal Workers Launch Boycott
May 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
Postal workers in the United States and Canada face many of the same struggles – including the threat of privatization.
Mirroring the Stop Staples...
In Historic Vote, Greece Elects Pro-Worker Party
May 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
Greece made history in January when it elected the pro-worker Syriza Party – the culmination of years of protests against dire economic conditions...
Virginia Clerk is the Talk of His Town
May 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
Tucked away in the western corner of Virginia, just across the Kentucky border, is the sleepy town of Pound.
On a frigid Tuesday morning this past...