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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...

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

Conducting Union Business During COVID-19

(This article first appeared in the July/August 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) As we navigate working through the various circumstances COVID-19 has placed upon all of us, finding and utilizing acceptable resources that will permit local and state presidents to conduct union busi...

News Article | July 1, 2020

APWU and USPS Enter into Step 4 Settlement Agreements

(This article first appeared in the July/August 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) On May 15, the APWU entered into two separate Step 4 Settlement Agreements with the Postal Service, regarding the Intrastate DOT physical requirement and Clerk Vehicle Dispatcher position. The first di...

News Article | July 1, 2020

Temporary Resources for COVID-19 Related Cleaning Requirements

(This article first appeared in the July/August 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) In order to accommodate those installations staffed by Maintenance Craft Custodians where supplemental cleaning resources are needed due to COVID-19 related absenteeism, or where postal custodians decl...

News Article | July 1, 2020

August 12-13 National Arbitration “End of Day” Case before Arbitrator Das

(This article first appeared in the July/August 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Violation of Global Remedy Settlement Agreement (End of Day) (Q10C-4Q-C 16050516) On December 8, 2017, Arbitrator Das found that the “End of Day” button (PMEOD) – a function the Postal Service added in...