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News Article | March 1, 2016
A Good Contract for All
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) APWU members from all crafts have been busy with efforts to: raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour; stop the dirty deal between USPS and Staples; stop consolidations and closings of post offices and m...
News Article | March 1, 2016
Stop Staples Frequently Asked Questions
Stop Staples organizers hear a lot of questions when they pass out flyers asking customers to boycott the office-supply chain. To answer the most common questions, organizers created a Frequently Asked Questions brochure. Here are the FAQs: 1. Why is there a boycott of Staples? Because Staples and...
News Article | March 1, 2016
Stop Staples Frequently Asked Questions
Stop Staples organizers hear a lot of questions when they pass out flyers asking customers to boycott the office-supply chain. To answer the most common questions, organizers created a Frequently Asked Questions brochure. Here are the FAQs: 1. Why is there a boycott of Staples? Because Staples and...
News Article | March 1, 2016
Contract Arbitration Underway
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Arbitration hearings for a new APWU Collective Bargaining Agreement with the U.S. Postal Service began on Feb. 17, and are expected to last several months.
News Article | March 1, 2016
Attend a Pre-Convention Workshop
The Research & Education Department will sponsor the APWU’s 15th Educational Conference, a National Convention event that provides union members with a wealth of information to take home to their locals and state organizations. Twenty-nine workshops will be offered on Friday, Aug. 19, 2016, the day...
News Article | March 1, 2016
Contract Arbitration Underway
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Arbitration hearings for a new APWU Collective Bargaining Agreement with the U.S. Postal Service began on Feb. 17, and are expected to last several months.
News Article | March 1, 2016
Attend a Pre-Convention Workshop
The Research & Education Department will sponsor the APWU’s 15th Educational Conference, a National Convention event that provides union members with a wealth of information to take home to their locals and state organizations. Twenty-nine workshops will be offered on Friday, Aug. 19, 2016, the day...
News Article | March 1, 2016
990s Are Due!
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) For unions, filing IRS form 990 annually is not optional! failure to submit this report could result in significant monetary penalties and revocation of our tax-exempt status.
News Article | March 1, 2016
Bid Tracking System Goes Live March 9
The Bid Tracking System (BTS), which helps local unions ensure that all jobs are filled, will go “live” on March 9.
News Article | March 1, 2016
990s Are Due!
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) For unions, filing IRS form 990 annually is not optional! failure to submit this report could result in significant monetary penalties and revocation of our tax-exempt status.
News Article | March 1, 2016
Bid Tracking System Goes Live March 9
The Bid Tracking System (BTS), which helps local unions ensure that all jobs are filled, will go “live” on March 9.
News Article | March 1, 2016
‘Grand Alliance’ to Hold Field Hearings
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) For the past year, A Grand Alliance to Save Our Public Postal Service (AGA) has been sounding the alarm that our national treasure, the US Postal Service, is under attack.
News Article | March 1, 2016
Augusta Thomas, Civil Rights, Labor Leader Honored
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Above: The original Greensboro sit-in participants. Insert, l-r: AFGE President J. David Cox, Dimondstein, Ms. Thomas, and museum founders Skip Alston and Earl Jones. Augusta Thomas, an 80+ year-old...
News Article | March 1, 2016
A Chance for Change in 2016
Thousands of APWU members took part in the 2014 convention. Get involved and join the fight for justice. (This article first appeared in the March-April 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) This year there is so much at stake for apwu members. This is a presidential election year, a...
News Article | March 1, 2016
Facing Our Future Head On
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) In addition to fighting for a good, fair, workable contract, there are a number of issues facing us.