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News Article | October 24, 2018

Urgent Safety Alert

Breaking news: It has just been reported that explosive devices have been sent through the mail addressed to a number of high-profile individuals and corporate entities... We urge all our members to be alert and vigilant to protect your safety and well-being and that of your co-workers and the publi...

News Article | October 4, 2018

Labor Rights are Human Rights

(This article first appeared in the September/October 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  By Organization Director Anna Smith Breaker Boys in Pittston, PA 1911 We all have heard of human rights and we all have those rights. But, did you know that labor rights are human rights? What d...

News Article | October 3, 2018

“The Struggle Continues” – Moe Biller

(This article first appeared in the September/October 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  By MVS Division Director Michael O. Foster  The American Postal Workers Union (APWU) and the United States Postal Service (USPS) are in the process of contract negotiations. It is no secret that...

News Article | October 3, 2018

Back-Pay Processing

(This article first appeared in the September/October 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  By Support Services Division Director Steve Brooks  You may be, or have been, an employee whose postal employment was in jeopardy due to a disciplinary action. I know employees in this circumsta...

News Article | October 3, 2018

New Maintenance Division Appointments

(This article first appeared in the September/October 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  By Maintenance Division Director Idowu Balogun Filling Maintenance Vacancies — Part II This is Part II of an article started by our late brother, former Maintenance Division Director Steve Rayme...

News Article | October 2, 2018

Stand Up for Safe Jobs

(This article first appeared in the September/October 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  By Industrial Relations Director Vance Zimmerman  “It is the responsibility of management to provide safe working conditions in all present and future installations and to develop a safe working...

News Article | September 10, 2018

Contract Negotiations Hotline Opened

The current Collective Bargaining Agreement between the American Postal Workers Union and the United States Postal Service expires at midnight September 20, 2018. The union entered the final 10-day stretch of intense negotiations – including days of round-the-clock bargaining – on Sept. 10. National...

News Article | August 17, 2018

So-Called “Right-to-Work” Defeated in Missouri

APWU Members Henry Rice & John Zamudio with a Proud Voter Labor strikes back!  In a critical battle faced by the labor movement union members and community allies joined together to stop Right-to-Work (for less) in Missouri. These laws make it optional for workers covered by union contracts to help...

News Article | July 27, 2018

Members in Action

(This article first appeared in the July-August 2018 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine)  PORTLAND, CINCINNATI LOCALS RALLY AGAINST CUTBACKS IN JOBS AND SERVICE Teresa Oller, steward from Portland OR Area Local,  helps lead a rally against jobs and service cuts.  In June, as the APWU barga...

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 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...