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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...

Delivering Democracy: Election Mail Committees are a Major Success

November 17, 2020
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) During the 2020 General Election cycle, the APWU joined a Postal Service national level task force to help guarantee that election mail was...

Alternative Delivery and Access Point Program

November 17, 2020
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Members will recall the APWU’s successful Stop Staples fight to prevent the Postal Service from utilizing Staples stores to offer certain postal...

National Support Technicians ET 11 LMOU Negotiation

November 17, 2020
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)   The Local Memorandum of Understanding (LMOU) below was discussed and developed by the APWU and USPS pursuant to the 2015 National Agreement,...

APWU Leaders and Members on the Frontlines in 2020

November 17, 2020
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)   From a solid new union contract to the tragic pandemic, from a new PMG and mail delays to actions in support of racial justice, through the...

Get Ready for Open Season During a Pandemic

November 17, 2020
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) This Open Season comes with many challenges. Your health and safety is our number one priority. I have two big recommendations for you this Open...

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