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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...
Veterans’ Deadline for Backdated PACT Act Toxic Exposure Claims is Aug. 9, 2023
August 2, 2023
In August 2022, President Joe Biden signed into law the bipartisan Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act. The Act expanded VA health care and benefits coverage to the many veterans who were exposed to toxic burn pits and other hazardous...
Our Labor History: War on the Waterfront; Save the Post Office National Day of Action; Newport News Shipyard Strike
July 24, 2023
For the July-August 2023 issue of the American Postal Worker, we take a look back on labor history during the War on the Waterfront, the Save the Post Office Day of Action, and the Newport News Shipyard Strike,
Human Relations Educational Assembly Educates, Engages, and Empowers
July 21, 2023
The Human Relations Department held its Educational Assembly in Baltimore, MD, June 13-15, meeting in person for the first time since 2017. Human Relations Director Daleo Freeman opened the conference with greetings and remarks, explaining the...
The Social Security Fairness Act
July 21, 2023
APWU members are continuing to advocate for the passage of the Social Security Fairness Act, H.R. 82 and S. 597.
LiteBlue Net-to-Bank, Direct Deposit Restored
July 19, 2023
Late last week the Postal Service shared with the APWU that LiteBlue was experiencing issues and that direct deposit and net to bank functionalities had been deactivated once again. The APWU was notified that these functions were reactivated on...