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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.

Higher Union Membership Boosts Wages for All

May 1, 2017
APWU Grassroots Political & Legislative Coordinator Janice Kelble (second from right)  with community activists (L-R) Jeff Kramer, Kathy Staub, Keith Yergeau,  Elizabeth Ropp, Emily Eastman and Eric Zulaski after “right to work” law was defeated...

‘In Order to Form a More Perfect Union’

May 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) By President Mark Dimondstein  The preamble to the U.S. Constitution includes the well-known and eloquent words, “in order to form a more perfect union...

Fighting for Workplace Safety

April 30, 2017
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Before passage of the Occupational Safety and Health Act in December 1970, millions of Americans risked their lives every time they reported for duty –...

Join a May Day Event!

April 28, 2017
May Day, the annual holiday recognizing the international working class, will be celebrated around the world on May 1. This year hundreds of thousands are expected to participate in demonstrations, strikes, and shows of solidarity. Coast to coast,...

Fighting for Workplace Safety

April 28, 2017
Read more about the history of workplace safety. Reprint from May-June 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker  Before passage of the Occupational Safety and Health Act in December 1970, millions of Americans risked their lives every time they...

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