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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...

MVS Issues Resolved and Initiated

July 18, 2023
Director Foster details MVS issues related to clearing house consent forms, driving safety, PSEs and medical releases.

Just What is APWU POWER?

July 18, 2023
The American Postal Workers Union Post Office Women for Equal Rights (APWU POWER), the women’s committee within the APWU, was founded in St. Louis, MO on April 28, 1979 and was incorporated into the APWU’s National Constitution in Detroit, Michigan...

Arbitration Award on Clerk Craft Jobs MOU Results in $67 Million Back Pay to APWU-Represented Employees

July 18, 2023
The Clerk Craft has finalized an implementation agreement with the Postal Service relating to the nationallevel award from Arbitrator Stephen Goldberg in Case #Q10C-4Q-C-15174956. Goldberg ruled that the Postal Service violated the Clerk Craft Jobs...

The Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act and Managing Local Funds!

July 17, 2023
The Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act’s (LMRDA’s) regulations are designed to protect the members and union funds. The financial reports provide transparency regarding the finances of the union; the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS)...

Protecting Our Communities Worldwide

July 17, 2023
The 118th Congress is taking up a “Sense of the House” Resolution (HRes 277) calling on the Postal Service to restore Service Standards to July 1, 2012. While a House Resolution is not binding, nor law, the APWU fully supports its passage.

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