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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.

Stand Up for Safe Jobs! Campaign Underway

January 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) In 2014, more than 36,000 postal workers were injured or sickened at work and at least 10 suffered fatalities. “Here’s the simple truth,” APWU...

Young Workers Convene

January 1, 2016
Young workers discuss how to refute common misconceptions about the economy and  practice the art of persuasion. (This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) November 2015 was the...

What Happens to COPA Requests?

January 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) It was a pleasure to spend time with APWU brothers and sisters at the All-Craft Conference. I truly enjoyed the opportunity to discuss our...

Time for a Political Revolution?

January 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) You may have heard politicians talking about income inequality recently, but did you know that approximately 42 percent of Americans work for $...

‘Zero Base’ Initiative Dispute Settled

January 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The APWU and the Postal Service settled a dispute in September concerning management’s restructuring of Tractor-Trailer Operator and Motor...

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