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About the American Postal Workers Union
The APWU is the world's largest postal union, representing more than 330,000 USPS employees and retirees, and nearly 2,000 private-sector mail workers.
For more than three decades, APWU has fought for dignity and respect on the job for the workers we represent, as well as for decent pay and benefits and safe working conditions. As an AFL-CIO affiliate, the APWU supports the struggle for social and economic justice for all working families.
Depending on their occupation, APWU members belong to the Clerk, Maintenance, Motor Vehicle, or Support Services divisions.
Our union is a democratic organization comprised of dues-paying members who belong to approximately 1,600 state and local unions and retiree chapters in every state and territory. APWU officers are directly elected by union members.
The union's state and local affiliates are autonomous organizations that rely on the national union to represent their interests in contract negotiations and in national-level grievances. The union negotiates a national Collective Bargaining Agreement and fights for our members' interests on Capitol Hill. The APWU also has many Retiree and Auxiliary chapters so that former postal workers and postal families can remain active in union affairs.
The APWU is headquartered at 1300 L St. NW, Washington, DC 20005. Officers and staff can be reached at 202-842-4200.
Major
Postal Unions at a Glance The American Postal Workers Union (APWU) is the largest postal union, representing more than 260,000 USPS career employees primarily in the Clerk, Maintenance and Motor Vehicle Services crafts. The National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC), the second largest postal union, represents about 222,000 career employees. NALC members deliver mail to residences and businesses on city delivery routes. National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association (NRLCA) career and part-time relief workers deliver mail to residences and businesses on rural delivery routes. The National Postal Mail Handlers Union
(NPMHU), a division
of the Laborers’ International Union of North America,
represents nearly 58,000 career employees engaged in the bulk
transfer, loading and unloading of mail. |
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APWU |
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NALC |
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NRLCA |
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NPMHU |
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Represents |
260,049 |
1 |
222,132 |
1 |
128,028 |
1 |
57,894 |
1 |
Full-time |
221,069 |
1 |
193,660 |
1 |
66,725 |
1 |
52,880 |
1 |
Part-time |
38,980 |
1 |
28,472 |
1 |
61,303 |
1,2 |
5,014 |
1 |
Maximum salary without premium or overtime pay |
$59,749 |
3 |
$51,021 |
3 |
$47,404 |
3,7 |
$48,521 |
3 |
Minimum salary without premium or overtime pay |
$29,557 |
3 |
$38,527 |
3 |
$36,424 |
3 |
$28,516 |
3 |
Average annual salary without premium or overtime pay |
$48,316 |
4 |
$47,911 |
4,6 |
$45,280 |
4 |
$45,044 |
4 |
Average hourly rate without benefits, premium or overtime pay |
$23.35 |
5 |
$23.22 |
5,6 |
$21.77 |
5 |
$21.80 |
5 |
Average hourly rate with benefits, premium and overtime pay |
$37.91 |
5 |
$37.44 |
5,6 |
$34.02 |
5 |
$36.65 |
5 |
Notes:
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Management Organizations Announce New EAS Pay Grades
(12/04/07) Management organizations have announced their pay schedules for 2008-2011:
Salary ranges for EAS pay grades will be changed effective January 2008 through January 2011 as indicated below. [PDF]
Changes to EAS Salary Structure |
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Resulting salary ranges are shown below.
New AS Salary Structures for |
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