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News Article | July 24, 2018
Many Hands Make Light Work
(This article first appeared in the July-August 2018 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) By Organization Director Anna Smith Sometimes it seems like we are our own worst enemy. When I first started my postal career there was always gloom and doom rhetoric going around the workroom floor....
News Article | July 24, 2018
Can We Trust USPS Management?
(This article first appeared in the July-August 2018 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) By Motor Vehicle Service Craft Directors Can we ever trust USPS management to live up to their agreements and obligations? On August 18, 2016, during our last convention in Orlando, the Motor Vehicle...
News Article | July 24, 2018
Filling Maintenance Vacancies – Part 1
(This article first appeared in the July-August 2018 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) By Maintenance Craft Directors The Joint Contract Interpretation Manual (JCIM) is the mutually agreed upon explanation on how to apply our contract to filling vacant maintenance positions. The May 201...
News Article | July 5, 2018
Two New Pre-Convention Workshops Added
The Research & Education Department sponsor's the APWU’s 16th Educational Conference, a National Convention event that provides union members with a wealth of information to take home to their local and state organizations. Recently, they have added two additional workshops to the 2018 pre-conventio...
News Article | June 21, 2018
White House Plan to Privatize the Postal Service
The White House proposal on restructuring the federal government released today, “Delivering Government Solutions in the 21st Century,” delivered nothing but misinformation and, if implemented, would end regular mail and package services at an affordable cost to 157 million addresses every day. Furt...
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News Article | June 14, 2018
Show Solidarity on Union Gear Thursday!
Boston Metro Area Local Standing Strong & United on Union Gear Thursday! If your local is FIRED UP AND READY TO GO send union gear and contract action images to communications@apwu.org.
News Article | June 4, 2018
Tell the PMG!
Have you ever wanted to tell the Postmaster General a thing or two? Now you can. The APWU Contract Campaign is asking members to submit short videos to the union telling the story of the work you and other union members perform daily serving the publicand why you need a new – and fair contract!...
News Article | June 1, 2018
After Over 60 Dutiful Years, He’s Retiring at 89
David Celebrating 67 Years of Federal Service on May 31. When David Rodriguez first began at the U.S. Post Office Department in 1958, employees would show up and have to wait until work was available, resulting in 12- to 15-hour days with minimal pay. Not until 1963, with President Kennedy’s executi...
News Article | May 2, 2018
Rank and File Bargaining Advisory Committee Convenes
Members of the APWU’s Rank and File Bargaining Advisory Committee held their first meeting in Washington, DC, on April 24. The committee advises the union’s National Negotiations Committee on bargaining demands and must approve any tentative agreement reached before it can be sent to APWU members fo...
News Article | March 28, 2018
National Reassessment Program Discriminated Against Injured Workers
The time is now for all current and former permanent-rehabilitation and limited-duty postal employees who were subjected to the USPS National Reassessment Process (NRP) between May 5, 2006 and July 1, 2011 to file a timely claim with the Postal Service to seek monetary damages and other relief. The...
News Article | March 27, 2018
Attend a Pre-Convention Workshop
The Research & Education Department will sponsor the APWU’s 16th Educational Conference, a National Convention event that provides union members with a wealth of information to take home to their local and state organizations. Twenty-eight workshops will be offered on Friday, Aug. 17... All APWU mem...
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News Article | March 16, 2018
USPS Safety Ambassador Program
The APWU was informed on October 26, 2017 of the Postal Service’s intent to roll out a new program called the Safety Ambassador Program. The Postal Service intends to replace the safety captain program, and any other local safety programs, with this “standardized” and nationally controlled program....
News Article | March 14, 2018
Huge Victory for West Virginia Education Workers
It was an inspirational show of solidarity. Education workers across all 55 counties in West Virginia – about 34,000 workers in total – said ‘enough is enough.’ Members of the American Federation of Teachers - West Virginia (AFT-West Virginia), the West Virginia Education Association (WVEA), and the...
News Article | March 13, 2018
Building Our Future – A Challenge, A Priority!
On March 2, thirteen APWU members participated in a day-long focus group to test the curriculum being developed by Rutgers University’s Labor Education Center for the union’s ongoing efforts to build an APWU broad-based educational program, known as the APWU National Institute.
News Article | March 2, 2018
Florida Postal Workers Protest Staffing Shortages
On Monday, Feb. 19, members of the Florida Keys Area Local held an informational picket in front of the main post office in Key West, shining a light on the severe slashes to staffing and service that are causing mail delays and hazardous working conditions.