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News Article | March 1, 2018

Bill Lucy Presented with Alston/Jones International Civil and Human Rights Award

(L-R) International Civil Rights Center and Museum founders Melvin “Skip” Alston and Earl F. Jones, Secretary-Treasurer Powell, Honoree William ‘Bill’ Lucy, and President Mark Dimondstein  presenting the Alston/Jones International Civil and Human Rights Award. (This article first appeared in the Mar...

News Article | March 1, 2018

Building ‘Strong, Action- Oriented’ Communities

(This article first appeared in the March-April 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)   By Executive Vice President Debby Szeredy  During November 2017, I met with locals and members who are still on the Phase Two Consolidation List and have shown interest in not only saving their plant...

News Article | March 1, 2018

Contract News

(This article first appeared in the March-April 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  By Support Services Director Steve Brooks  The year 2017 was busy with contract negotiations for the Support Services Division. We negotiated and ratified three separate Collective Bargaining Agreement...

News Article | March 1, 2018

Defend Democracy – Protect Your Vote

(This article first appeared in the March-April 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Human Relations Director Sue Carney Working together from now until Election Day is a must if we are going to advance and protect our voting rights. Voting is the cornerstone of our democracy – and...

News Article | March 1, 2018

From the Field

(This article first appeared in the March-April 2018 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. “Everything the USPS does is all about mon...

News Article | March 1, 2018

Here We Go Again!

(This article first appeared in the March-April 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  By Motor Vehicle Service Craft Directors  To quote the famous New York Yankee legend Yogi Berra, “It’s déjà vu all over again.” As we prepare for the opening of the 2018 Collective Bargaining Agreemen...

News Article | March 1, 2018

It’s Time to Play Amazon’s New Hit Game, ‘Milk the Taxpayer!’

(This article first appeared in the March-April 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  The following article by Jim Hightower (former Texas Agriculture Commissioner and popular activist) originally appeared in the Hightower Lowdown and was edited for length. Milk the Taxpayer, the old c...

News Article | March 1, 2018

Labor News

L. A.Times newsroom workers celebrate their organizing victory.Photo courtesy of the NewsGuild-CWA (This article first appeared in the March-April 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  L.A. Times’ Newsroom Unionizes in Landslide Vote  Reversing 136 years of management rule, 85 percent...

News Article | March 1, 2018

Management Has to Make Sense

(This article first appeared in the March-April 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  By Southern Region Coordinator Kennith Beasley  Whatever we do in life, we must make sense in our interactions and conversations with each other – especially between the union and management – so that...

News Article | March 1, 2018

Members in Action

(This article first appeared in the March-April 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)   Pittsburgh Metro Area Local Retiree Chapter Celebrates CLC Award  Members of the Pittsburgh Metro Area Local Retiree Chapter had a lot to celebrate at their annual holiday awards luncheon. 

News Article | March 1, 2018

Officers Share Information and Answer Members’ Questions at Tele-Town Hall

(This article first appeared in the March-April 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) During a country-wide Tele-Town Hall on Jan. 24, APWU National officers discussed the unity required to be successful in our fight for a good contract, with safe working conditions and the ability to pro...

News Article | March 1, 2018

Our Week in Norman, Oklahoma

(This article first appeared in the March-April 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  By Maintenance Craft Directors  During the week of Nov. 27 - Dec. 4, 2017 your Maintenance Craft headquarters officers traveled to Norman, OK for meetings with the Postal Service and students attending...

News Article | March 1, 2018

Renew the Fight for Safe Jobs

(This article first appeared in the March-April 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Industrial Relations Director Vance Zimmerman We all know and enjoy our holiday – Labor Day. But did you know that there is another day that honors the workers of the world? It is celebrated on Apri...

News Article | March 1, 2018

Support Your AFL-CIO Central Labor Councils and AFL-CIO State Federations

(This article first appeared in the March-April 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)   By Secretary-Treasurer Liz Powell  Central Labor Councils (CLCs) and State Federations play an intricate and necessary part in the labor movement’s effort to ensure that policies pertaining to the ec...

News Article | March 1, 2018

Understanding Balance Billing

(This article first appeared in the March-April 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Health Plan Director John Marcotte  My office gets many questions on the subject of “in- and out-of-network” and how it applies to members of the APWU Health Plan. First, I want to caution our reader...