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PDF Resource | July 8, 2020
Work Year List CBA 2018-2021
News Article | July 8, 2020
Work Year List
The APWU and the USPS have agreed to the work year list for the term of the 2018-2021 National Agreement. Work years (formally known as man-years) is a term the utilized by the APWU and the Postal Service to define the size of postal installations throughout the country.
News Article | July 7, 2020
Postal Service Emergency Assistance Act, S. 4174
On July 2nd, Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Diane Feinstein (D-CA) introduced the Postal Service Emergency Assistance Act, S. 4174. This legislation would create a $25 billion fund for the Postal Service to recoup COVID related losses and expenses. This is a standalone bill that is currently sep...
News Article | July 1, 2020
A Common Goal
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) APWU is not alone in our fight to secure funding for the Postal Service in the next stimulus. We are joined by workers, unions, community and civil rights organizations, city councils, seniors, social...
News Article | July 1, 2020
Pandemic Underscores Need for Postal Banking
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) The modern movement for postal banking in the United States was born out of the ashes of the 2008-2009 Great Recession. One of the early effects of the financial crisis that set off the recession was t...
News Article | July 1, 2020
APWU Human Relations Director Sue Carney Retires
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) On June 15, the APWU and the United Kingdom’s Communication Workers Union (CWU) joined together for a virtual livestream event. The event, hosted by CWU Communications Director Chris Webb, was a lively...
News Article | July 1, 2020
Labor News
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Supreme Court Rules Workers Cannot Be Fired on Basis of Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity On June 15, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling, declaring that the language in the Civil Right...
News Article | July 1, 2020
Still Among Us
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) The health crisis is no joke. Postal workers have succumbed to the microscopic killer. Civil unrest over injustices, postal finances, concerns over the new Postmaster General and privatization all make...
News Article | July 1, 2020
Alliance Doubles Down in Support of Postal Service
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) In the last edition of this column, we reported on the tremendous work that members of A Grand Alliance had already put into supporting the public Postal Service during this extraordinary time of crisi...
News Article | July 1, 2020
APWU Members Join AFL-CIO Workers First Caravan for Racial and Economic Justice
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) On June 17, an impressive 1,200 car caravan took over the streets of Washington, D.C. as one of the 608 events across the country in the Workers First Caravan for Racial and Economic Justice. APWU memb...
News Article | July 1, 2020
Serving the Country in Trying Times
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) These are trying times for Americans across this country. We are still in the middle of a pandemic crisis which has had a major impact on the financial status of the United States Postal Service. It is...
News Article | July 1, 2020
Poor People’s Campaign Holds Virtual June 20 Rally
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) On June 20 and 21, the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival held threehour virtual rallies, demanding legislation and policies that address the needs of 140 million low income work...
News Article | July 1, 2020
Postal Service Ranked as Most Essential Company During COVID-19 Pandemic
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) On June 12, the Harris Poll released “The Harris Poll Essential 100,” a report that ranked companies based on their response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The report, compiled through a survey of over two...
News Article | July 1, 2020
Our Government Should Be “For the People”
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) “Government of the people, by the people, for the people” are the words Abraham Lincoln spoke in his famous Gettysburg Address. Those words describe our democracy. We are those people who should be cho...
News Article | July 1, 2020
President Dimondstein Testifies Before Congress About Vote By Mail
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) On June 11, President Dimondstein testified before a congressional hearing of the Committee on House Administration on Voting Rights and Election Administration. Much of the hearing was focused on the...