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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...
COVID-19 Vaccines at the VA
January 11, 2021
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is working closely with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other federal partners...
Still Fighting for Justice
January 11, 2021
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
There is unfinished business in 2021. The legislative battles that we face this year can only be won if we work collectively. Working...
Organizing at Orientation
January 11, 2021
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
Organizing is our union’s strength and essential to our survival. This past year we all faced obstacles like never before in both our home and...
Intimate Partner Violence on the Rise During COVID-19
January 11, 2021
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that approximately 1 in 4...
February ZOOM Trainings
January 8, 2021
The Research and Education Department is sponsoring a series of Zoom Trainings for local and state officers and shop stewards in February 2021.
The link to register is only being sent to local/state presidents. If an officer or steward wishes to...