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2024 Penalty Overtime Exclusion Period
August 27, 2024
The "Penalty Overtime Exclusion" period for calendar year 2024 will begin Pay Period 26-2024, Week 1 (November 30, 2024) and end Pay Period 01-2025, Week 2 (December 27, 2024).
'Stay In Your Lane, APWU'?
August 27, 2024
Western Regional Coordinator Omar Gonzalez explains the importance of union involvement beyond the workroom floor including economic, political, and social justice as outlined in our National Constitution & Bylaws.
Arbitrator Denies Severance Pay Grievance
December 25, 2016
From 2003 to 2009 the Postal Service offered a series of Voluntary Early Retirements (VER) with the approval of the Office of Personnel Management. Employees involved in these offers were not paid any severance pay. In 2008 the APWU filed a...
Congress Heads Out after Funding the Federal Government
December 21, 2016
On the heels of the 2016 elections and with the New Year approaching, APWU members should make a resolution to stay engaged on legislation at all levels (city/state/national) crucial to our livelihoods. In that spirit, we should reflect on our...
Remembering Emma Tenayuca
December 21, 2016
20-year old Emma Tenayuca speaks to members of the
National Workers Alliance outside a hearing
investigating beatings by border patrol officers, Feb. 23, 1937.
Photo courtesy of UTSA
In Depression-era south Texas, Emma Tenayuca was a young Mexican-...
Priorities Trump Should Set for Vets
December 20, 2016
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
President-elect Donald Trump made veterans, trade and jobs the cornerstones of his campaign.