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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...

Early Registration for All Craft Conference & Retirees Conference Extended to Sept. 8

August 18, 2017
Early registration for the All Craft Conference and the Retirees Conference has been extended until September 8, 2017.  The cost is $85 for the All Craft Conference and $40 for the Retirees Conference.  After September 8, 2017, the cost for the All...

Second Significant COLA Increase of 2017 Announced

August 11, 2017
In accordance with the 2015-2018 Collective Bargaining Agreement, career employees represented by the APWU will receive a 13 cents per hour cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) effective September 2. The increase is the result of an increase in the...

Information Technology/Accounting Services Reaches Tentative Agreement with USPS

July 28, 2017
The American Postal Workers Union and United States Postal Service reached a tentative agreement for bargaining unit employees in the Information Technology and Accounting Services Centers (IT/AS). This agreement is subject to ratification by the...

Locals Inform Public About Proposed Job and Service Cuts

July 27, 2017
This Postal Heritage Day, two APWU locals celebrated the USPS’ 242nd birthday by holding informational pickets informing the public about the proposed job cuts by USPS management through reversions, abolishments and excessing – further disrupting...

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