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News Article | April 2, 2019
Taking on Rising Health Care Costs
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Health Plan Director John Marcotte As I have previously reported, and as all of us unionists see in our paychecks, the cost of health care is spiraling out of control. Recently, ABC News reported o...
News Article | April 2, 2019
A Woman For All Seasons
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Retirees Department Director Nancy Olumekor Dedicated APWU unionist Eleanor G. Bailey passed away on December 12, 2018 at the age of 87. Over the course of her life, Eleanor never stopped fighting...
News Article | April 2, 2019
New Directions for EAP
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Human Relations Director Sue Carney On Dec. 27, the United States Postal Service awarded a contract to New Directions Behavioral Health to provide Employee Assistance Program (EAP) services to USPS...
News Article | April 2, 2019
Closing the Gender Pay Gap
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Research & Education Department Director Joyce B. Robinson Because women earn less than men, they must work longer for the same amount of pay. In 1996, The National Committee on Pay Equity originat...
News Article | April 2, 2019
New Law Streamlines Claims and Appeals
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) Last month, the Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017 finally went into effect after having been signed into law on Aug. 23, 2017. It is said to represent one of the most signific...
News Article | April 2, 2019
Anti-Privatization Resolutions Re-Introduced in Congress
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Legislative & Political Department Director Judy Beard House representatives in the 116th Congress wasted no time displaying their opposition to the White House plan to privatize the Postal Service...
News Article | April 2, 2019
Stay Strong Going Into Arbitration
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Organization Director Anna Smith With contract negotiations going into interest arbitration, staying united and strong is essential at every level. Reminding not only ourselves but our non-member c...
News Article | April 2, 2019
News Article | April 2, 2019
Kathy Danek Retires as APWU Auxiliary President
This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) At the beginning of the year, Kathy Danek retired as APWU Auxilary President, a position she has served in since 2012. When Kathy Danek’s husband Terry became a Postal Service employee in 1974, he brou...
News Article | April 2, 2019
Chicago Local President Keith Richardson Honored with ‘Eyes on the Prize’ Award
This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Chicago Local President Keith Richardson was honored with the “Eyes on the Prize” Award at the 2019 AFL-CIO Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Civil and Human Rights Conference on Jan. 20.
News Article | April 2, 2019
Your Rights after an OSHA Inspection
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Any employee has the right to file a complaint with OSHA about hazards and unsafe working conditions at the Post Office. If you file a complaint be sure to inform your local union. There are very spec...
News Article | April 2, 2019
Honored to be Serving as Northeast Coordinator
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) By Northeast Region Coordinator Ron Suslak On Jan. 16, President Dimondstein appointed me to the vacant Northeast Regional Coordinator position with confirmation by the National Executive Board, follo...
News Article | April 2, 2019
From the Field
This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Below are quotes from various APWU local and state publications throughout the country. All the publications listed are part of the Postal Press Association.
News Article | April 2, 2019
‘Keep on Truckin’ Baby Again
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By MVS Division Director Michael O. Foster In early 2018, the USPS began deploying new cargo trucks and spotters, on a one-for-one replacement of the trucks in use at the time. The Postal Service cont...
News Article | April 2, 2019
Custodian Team Cleaning (CTC): Doomed to Fail
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Maintenance Division Director Idowu Balogun Beginning in 2012, The US Postal Service embarked on a “Pilot” program to replace the 1983 Housekeeping Handbook MS 47 TL 3 with Custodian Team Cleaning...