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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.

MVS Workers Drive the Message Home

May 1, 2016
MVS panel participants (top row): Michael McDonald, Steven Dietz, William Drew (bottom row) Robert Stierle, Virgil Fleming, Kevin Knapp and Robert Strickland. (This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker ...

APWU Website 'De-Links' Local Websites During Union Election Period

May 1, 2016
The APWU national election period has begun, and in approximately five months, on Oct. 5, the counting of ballots will begin. Effective May 1, the national APWU website "de-linked" all local and state websites for the duration of the union election...

The U.S. Post Office: The Workers' Savings Bank

April 30, 2016
The first depositors at the New York Postal Savings Bank. Once upon a time, in a not-so-far-away land, working people were able to safely deposit and withdraw their hard-earned dollars, with no excessive fees or fuss. Everyone had access to safe...

APWU West Virginia State Convention Feels the Bern!

April 29, 2016
Attendees of the APWU West Virginia State Convention were Feeling the Bern on April 28, as the National Nurses United (NNU) Bernie Bus made a stop in Charleston, WV.  

OIG: USPS Cost-Cutting Strategies ‘Not Sustainable’

April 28, 2016
The Postal Service has cut labor costs by more than $10 billion since the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (PAEA) was passed in 2006, but its cost-cutting strategies are “not sustainable,” according to a recent report by the Office of...

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