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News Article | May 7, 2021
How to Challenge Your eWHEP Staffing Package
(This article first appeared in the May/June 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Editor’s Note: The following column includes language from the Article 12 Impact Guide. The full guide is available on the Maintenance Division page on apwu.org. The Electronic Workhour Estimator Program,...
News Article | May 7, 2021
Here We Go Again
(This article first appeared in the May/June 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) The National Agreement expires in September of this year and contract negotiations with the Postal Service will open in June. The APWU has been preparing for negotiations for quite a while, and we have es...
News Article | May 7, 2021
Looking Back on 50 Years of the APWU with Former Secretary-Treasurer Doug Holbrook
(This article first appeared in the May/June 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Editor’s Note: For the APWU’s 50th anniversary celebration, we spoke with former Secretary-Treasurer Doug Holbrook on the Great Postal Strike, the merger of five postal unions, and the accomplishments the...
News Article | May 7, 2021
Happy Anniversary APWU: 50 Years of Struggle and Progress
(This article first appeared in the May/June 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) The American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO, turns 50 years old on July 1, 2021! We were created after the 1970 Great Postal Strike from a merger of five separate postal unions: the United Federation of Po...
News Article | May 7, 2021
EReassign – The Misconceptions
(This article first appeared in the May/June 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) There still are misconceptions with the eReassign process in the field. The Clerk Craft MOU on filling residuals misleads employees to believe that they are bidding on a residual assignment. An applicatio...
News Article | May 7, 2021
Rank and File Bargaining Advisory Committee Appointed
(This article first appeared in the May/June 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) With national contract negotiations set to begin in June, President Mark Dimondstein has announced the names of union members who will serve on the Rank and File Bargaining Advisory Committee. In accordan...
News Article | May 7, 2021
And the Slogan Contest Winner Is… APWU – Our Union, Our Contract, Our Future!
(This article first appeared in the May/June 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) In the last issue of The American Postal Worker, APWU National put out the call to active members and retirees to submit slogan ideas for the upcoming Contract Campaign. Following a historic year for the...
News Article | May 7, 2021
View from the People’s Postal Summit
(This article first appeared in the May/June 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) From March 16-18, A Grand Alliance to Save the Public Postal Service brought together postal workers, retirees, allies, activists and community members to reimagine the future of the Post Office in the fi...
News Article | May 7, 2021
APWU Retirees Still Fighting for Justice
(This article first appeared in the May/June 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Every May, our nation observes Older Americans Month. The theme for 2021 is “Communities of Strength.” Older Americans’ stories and contributions help to support and inspire others. This year, we can all...
News Article | May 7, 2021
Screening Options for Colorectal Cancer
(This article first appeared in the May/June 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Colorectal cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer-related death among adults in the U.S. With proper screening and treatment, it is possible to survive. There are more than a million survivors of co...
News Article | May 7, 2021
Join the APWU’s Women’s Committee
(This article first appeared in the May/June 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) APWU POWER (Post Office Women for Equal Rights), the women’s committee within the American Postal Workers Union, was founded in St. Louis, Missouri on April 28, 1979 and incorporated in APWU’s National Co...
News Article | May 7, 2021
Be the Change
(This article first appeared in the May/June 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Routinely the Organizing Department receives emails, letters and phones calls from current members who are frustrated. Often, I think some of this angst stems from just being misinformed or uninformed and...
News Article | May 7, 2021
Infrastructure, Voting Rights, Retirement Security: Our Fight Continues
(This article first appeared in the May/June 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) After the American Rescue Plan Act was signed into law on March 11, we turned our sights to another key legislative package being eyed by the Biden administration: infrastructure. In the last session, the...
News Article | May 7, 2021
Postal Banking Gaining Steam in Congress
(This article first appeared in the May/June 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Members of Congress are making waves in the fight to win postal banking in the United States. As they did in the last Congress, Representatives Bill Pascrell (D-NJ-09), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-09) and Alexandr...
News Article | May 7, 2021
Labor News
(This article first appeared in the May/June 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) 1,300 Steelworkers on Strike Across Five States On March 30, around 1,300 workers, represented by the United Steelworkers (USW), began a strike at nine Allegheny Technologies Incorporated (ATI) sites in P...