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News Article | July 30, 2024
Clerk Division Encourages Postal Service to “Think Outside of the Box”
Clerk Craft Director Lamont Brooks provides a summary of the Retail Training Taskforce MOU, which details methods to expand services offered to postal customers, including permits, TSA pre-checks, voter registration.
News Article | July 29, 2024
Standing Strong to Build a Bigger Union and Advance Forward, Together
The best way to win big is by “standing strong” to build a bigger union. Members should continue to encourage nonmember coworkers to join the APWU.
News Article | July 29, 2024
Negotiations is Our Path to Winning an All-Career Workforce
Industrial Relations Director Charlie Cash provides overview of APWU’s main objectives during contract negotiations.
News Article | July 23, 2024
Maintaining and Retaining Financial and Election Records?
The Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA) requires labor organizations to meet basic standards and fiscal responsibility. These requirements pertain to financial reports and elections. Section 206 of the LMRDA requires the retention of financial records specifically for five years. T...
News Article | July 23, 2024
As We Gather for National Convention, We Want the Best for Postal Workers and We Want Our Communities to Have a Robust Postal Service
The excitement of our 2024 National Convention is here. Detroit holds great memories for me as it is where I participated in my very first APWU convention in 1980. No words could describe my anticipation because the convention was where women in the APWU were taking a stand! We practiced our strateg...
News Article | July 23, 2024
Postal Workers Deserve a Great Contract!
Below is an excerpt from my address at the opening of national negotiations. The [APWU] welcomes this opportunity to represent approximately 200,000 postal workers in these important negotiations for a new Collective Bargaining Agreement between our union and the United States Postal Service. For ge...
News Article | May 23, 2024
A Notorious Part of History: May 1933: The Dissolution of Labor Unions in Nazi/Fascist Germany
This month in Labor History, we look back at the dissolution of labor unions in Nazi/Fascist Germany in May of 1933. As authoritarianism takes a dangerous hold in the United States, this is a lesson from Nazi Germany that should be a wakeup call for all workers and our unions.
News Article | May 23, 2024
Understanding “Financialization” and How to Defeat It
What is “financialization” and why is it detrimental to the working class? The Campaign for Postal Banking explores this topic and the importance of responsible and sustainable financial services.
News Article | May 23, 2024
Election 2024: Your Ballot’s in the Mail
This year will be a critical one for Vote-by-Mail advocates as we approach the 2024 Presidential Elections. Learn more about its impact in previous elections and the threats that remain to its existence.
News Article | May 21, 2024
The Maintenance Division and the Article 12 Notification Process
Maintenance Craft Director Idowu Balogun provides information on the Article 12 notification process, and the steps required in our Collective Bargaining Agreement prior to excessing.
News Article | May 21, 2024
Solidarity Is The Antidote to a Toxic Workplace
As the “Chief Spokesperson” for the 2024 contract negotiations, I have both a huge and humbling task. The outcome of negotiations, whether through a voluntary agreement or through a contract imposed upon us by an interest arbitration panel, will have a direct effect on 200,000 postal employees cover...
News Article | May 21, 2024
Keeping Postal Workers Safe: A Guide to Heat Safety
As temperatures rise, postal workers are at risk of experiencing heat related illnesses. Here are some guidelines to help keep you safe, identify symptoms, and take the necessary precautions to minimize the effects of working in hot weather conditions.
News Article | May 20, 2024
You Have Power as a Postal Worker and as a Customer
“We can’t afford to lose our very important public Postal Service.” Vice President Debby Szeredy shares information on how postal workers and customers can utilize our power to preserve the public Postal Service.
News Article | May 20, 2024
Understanding the Travel and Expense, and Other Important Policies, at the Local and State Level
Secretary-Treasurer Liz Powell explains important Travel and Expense policies for locals as required by APWU National Constitution Article 16 “Compliance at the state and local level”.
News Article | May 20, 2024
The Union Keeps Us Strong
In the face of our upcoming contract fight and corporate greed, APWU President Dimondstein reminds members, “the best investment workers make is with each other through our union."