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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...
New Policy Brief Shows Importance of Postal Service to Black Families in Present and Future
March 1, 2021
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
In February, the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) released a new policy brief, titled “Black Families Have a Major Stake in the Future of the Public...
Learning the Union Difference
March 1, 2021
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
There is certainly something to be said for developing working relationships with postal management or company representatives. When you have someone...
MVS Challenges Zero Base Review
March 1, 2021
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
The APWU initiated a National Dispute on January 29, 2021, challenging the Postal Service’s National Zero Base review program and Transportation...
Postal Workers Are Essential Workers
March 1, 2021
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
Moving forward into 2021, we can be amazed and be proud of how we persevered and managed to get through the past year of COVID-19 battered but unbowed...
COVID-19 Spotlights the Need to Continue the Fight for Safety and Health
March 1, 2021
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
Every year on April 28, workers come together for Workers Memorial Day to remember those who have died, been injured, or contracted an occupational...