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News Article | January 17, 2018
Liz Powell Honored with At the River I Stand Award
(L-R) AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler Presenting the award to Secretary-Treasurer Liz Powell On Sunday, Jan. 14, Secretary-Treasurer Elizabeth “Liz” Powell was honored by the AFL-CIO Civil and Human Rights Executive Council Committee with the “At the River I Stand” award, at the 2018 Dr. Mar...
News Article | January 16, 2018
Clerk Craft and USPS Agree on $36 Million Remedy Settlement for Violations Regarding Sales Retention Teams
The Clerk Craft and the USPS agreed on a $36 million remedy settlement for the Postal Service’s violations regarding the Sales Retention Team (SRT) Pilot Program. The money will be distributed among Clerk Craft employees to be identified by the National APWU.
Magazine | January 15, 2018
January/February 2018
News Article | January 11, 2018
WARNING! Voluntary Early Retirement has Potential Side Effects
The Voluntary Early Retirement (VER) recently announced for eligible Clerk Craft employees by the Postal Service has generated many questions from the members of the APWU... It is not the place of the national APWU to give advice on whether to retire or not. That is a personal decision. However, it...
News Article | January 9, 2018
MOU Designates Official Start Day for Newly Hired PSE Clerks
On Jan. 5, the APWU and USPS signed a Memorandum of Understanding Re: Clerk Craft PSE Hiring and One Day Break. The new MOU designates Saturday, the first day of the pay period, as the hire date of all Clerk Craft Postal Support Employees (PSEs).
News Article | January 4, 2018
USPS Announces Voluntary Early Out Retirement (VERA)
Today, January 4, 2018, the APWU was notified by letter that the USPS is offering voluntary early out retirement (VERA) for eligible clerk craft employees. This letter was received with no advance notification to the union or negotiations with the APWU over who the VERA applied to and under what con...
News Article | January 4, 2018
New Year Message from President Dimondstein
Click below to watch President Dimondstein's New Year message to APWU members.
News Article | January 3, 2018
2018 Officer’s Fiduciary Responsibility & QuickBooks Training
The Secretary-Treasurer’s Department will be hosting an Officer’s Fiduciary Responsibility & QuickBooks Training in New Orleans, LA from April 7-10, 2018.
News Article | January 1, 2018
Labor News
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) International Unions Denounce T-Mobile for Union-Busting During a UNI Global Union conference, a coalition of information technology and telecommunication workers from over a dozen nations unanimo...
News Article | January 1, 2018
Call to Action at the AFL-CIO Convention
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Elizabeth 'Liz' Powell, Debby Szeredy, Judy Beard, Vance Zimmerman, Clint Burelson and Omar Gonzalez at the AFL-CIO Convention The APWU was one of 55 unions who participated in the AFL-CIO’s 28...
News Article | January 1, 2018
AFL-CIO Endorses Campaign for Postal Banking
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Delegates to the 2017 AFL-CIO Convention unani- mously passed Resolution 46, “Support Postal Financial Services and Postal Banking.”
News Article | January 1, 2018
P.O. Déjà Vu is Not a Good Thing
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Western Regional Coordinator Omar Gonzalez The more postal changes occur, the more they remain the same - a mess! Mismanaged repeated schedule/tour realignments and excessing will continue thro...
News Article | January 1, 2018
The Postal Service & the DOT Physical
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Motor Vehicle Service Craft Directors On Feb. 26, 1995, the Postal Service informed the APWU that to be consistent with the trucking industry and its own contract drivers, USPS would voluntari...
News Article | January 1, 2018
Change is Continuous
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Maintenance Craft Directors On Oct. 17, we attended a national Tech & Mech joint committee meeting with the USPS. APWU Maintenance, Clerk and MVS Officers, as well as representatives from the...
News Article | January 1, 2018
Large Mailers Are Privatizing the Postal Service
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Clerk Craft Directors Millions of Americans utilize USPS on a daily basis, yet the public desire for a Postal Service that serves the common good is trumped by the financial wealth and politic...