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News Article | March 18, 2020
It’s an Election Year – and Vote by Mail is on the Ballot
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) 2020 is an election year. While much of the country’s political attention span is consumed by the presidential primary, there is another important question heading into November this year – not for who...
News Article | March 18, 2020
Pandemic: APWU Signs Leave Adjustments with USPS
Our first priority during the ongoing coronavirus outbreak has been ensuring the health and safety of our members and that of the public.
News Article | March 18, 2020
Social Security, IRS, DEA, OPM are not calling you!
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) These are Scams – Fraud Calls. When you receive a “cold call” from one of these federal agencies, it is a fraud call. A “cold call” is an unsolicited call from someone that you did not call or they may...
News Article | March 18, 2020
Standing Strong Together in the Past and in the Future
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Sisters and Brothers, if there was ever a time to stand together as APWU members, that time is now. Government proposals are clearly and consciously aimed at our pay, benefits and working conditions, w...
PDF Resource | March 18, 2020
Temporary Additional Paid Leave for PSEs
PDF Resource | March 18, 2020
Temporary Expanded Sick Leave for Dependent Care During COVID-19
News Article | March 17, 2020
April 28 is Workers Memorial Day
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Every year on April 28, workers and their organizations come together to remember those who have died, been injured, or contracted an occupational disease at work. Each year more people are killed at w...
News Article | March 17, 2020
APWU Again Preserves Pay Increases and Job Security
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) We have a new contract! With Arbitrator Goldberg’s award in early March 2020, our collective bargaining agreement is now set.
PDF Resource | March 17, 2020
Crisis Emergency Risk Communication in an Infectious Disease Outbreak
News Article | March 17, 2020
How Does a Union member Get Awakened?
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) I don’t know a union member that doesn’t want to belong to a strong, successful APWU local. To do that, we need members to be awakened and participate. I want to tell you the story of how I became awak...
News Article | March 17, 2020
It is Time to Collect on the 2010 Collective Bargaining Agreement!
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) In the 2010 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) between the United States Postal Service (USPS) and the American Postal Workers Union (APWU), monetary concessions were granted to the USPS in exchange...
News Article | March 17, 2020
Keeping Control of Local Finances
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) One of the ways locals can ensure compliance with the Department of Labor (DOL) and safeguard union assets by promoting transparency and accountability is to adopt policies that detail and clarify cons...
News Article | March 17, 2020
POStPlan Award Implementation
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) On February 10, the Maintenance Craft Division Director Balogun and the Postal Service signed off on the implementation of Arbitrator Goldberg’s Award on POStPlan Custodial Staffing in (APO/RMPO) Insta...
News Article | March 17, 2020
Replacing an Antiquated Fleet
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) The Postal Service is in the final stages of purchasing new delivery vehicles to add to the fleet as they continue replacing the antiquated Long-Life Vehicles (LLVs) that have been in use for the past...
News Article | March 17, 2020
Senators Receive the Message – Fix the Prefunding Debacle
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Thousands of APWU members again stepped up to join the U.S. Mail: Not for Sale campaign’s nationwide phone action on Tuesday, February 25, to tell the Senate to fix the problem Congress created that pu...