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The Maintenance Division and the Article 12 Notification Process

May 21, 2024
Maintenance Craft Director Idowu Balogun provides information on the Article 12 notification process, and the steps required in our Collective Bargaining Agreement prior to excessing.

Solidarity Is The Antidote to a Toxic Workplace

May 21, 2024
As the “Chief Spokesperson” for the 2024 contract negotiations, I have both a huge and humbling task. The outcome of negotiations, whether through a voluntary agreement or through a contract imposed upon us by an interest arbitration panel, will...

APWU and Mail Handlers Union Send a United Message to PMG Brennan Denouncing “Wholesale and Massive Job Cuts”

June 22, 2017
On June 21, the APWU and National Postal Mail Handlers Union (NPMHU) sent a joint letter to Postmaster General Megan Brennan chastising her administration’s “wholesale and massive job cuts.” APWU President Mark Dimondstein and NPMHU President Paul...

Arbitrator Das Solidifies Administrative Leave for Caucus Voting

June 22, 2017
On June 21, Arbitrator Shyam Das issued a national award in the arbitration between the United States Postal Service (USPS) and the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC), with APWU and the National Postal Mail Handlers Union (NPMHU) as...

APWU Geared Up to Fight Back Against USPS Reductions in Service and Jobs

June 16, 2017
Throughout the country, the Postal Service has launched an all-out assault on our jobs and is blatantly violating the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) in their staffing of post offices.  The USPS is reducing service to the community and...

National Agreement Provides Uniform Allowance for Clerks in POStPlan Offices

June 16, 2017
On June 14, the APWU and the Postal Service reached an agreement resolving a Step 4 National Dispute that career Clerk Craft employees assigned to a POStPlan office are entitled to a uniform allowance.  The parties agreed that career Clerk Craft...

APWU Members Receive Jobs With Justice Award for Stop Staples Victory!

June 16, 2017
On June 13, APWU members received the 2017 Jobs With Justice Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award for the victorious Stop Staples campaign. The award honored the memberships’ successful efforts to save good union jobs and fight back against efforts...

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