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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.
A Change of Heart for the NLRB?
November 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
In a string of recent decisions, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has ruled decisively in favor of workers. As a result, President...
A Gift that Keeps on Giving
November 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
We have a tradition in this country of celebrating birthdays by sending cards and giving gifts.
Rep. Allan Grayson (D-FL) celebrated Medicare’s...
Workers Comp Fraud Investigations
November 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
Special agents of the Postal Service Office of the Inspector General (OIG) are contracted to “safeguard postal revenue” and are supposed to “...
Disability Compensation
November 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
Disability compensation is a monthly, tax-free benefit paid to veterans because of injuries or diseases that were incurred or were aggravated...
Truths About Privatizing Social Security
November 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
Social Security is a successful program that has served this country well. Yet some groups want to privatize the program by taking the payroll...