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Union Contract Survey: Open Now through April 16, 2024

March 26, 2024
APWU has opened our contract survey so that you can let us know what your priorities are for a new union contract. Please fill out the survey by visiting apwu.org/survey. Alternatively, you can text the word “SURVEY” to 91990 to receive a link to...

What's Really Happening to Veterans VA Healthcare?

March 22, 2024
In this edition of Home Front, we will highlight a few of the numerous negative healthcare laws of the Trump-era VA Mission Act, that was passed by Congress, and signed into law on June 6, 2018, by former President Donald Trump.

Essential Workers and Postal Déjà Vu

May 7, 2021
(This article first appeared in the May/June 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) You have always been ‘essential’ to America; the pandemic only proved it. Your work affects everyone in the USA and impacts the economy. Why then do...

How to Challenge Your eWHEP Staffing Package

May 7, 2021
(This article first appeared in the May/June 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Editor’s Note: The following column includes language from the Article 12 Impact Guide. The full guide is available on the Maintenance Division page on...

Here We Go Again

May 7, 2021
(This article first appeared in the May/June 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) The National Agreement expires in September of this year and contract negotiations with the Postal Service will open in June. The APWU has been preparing...

Looking Back on 50 Years of the APWU with Former Secretary-Treasurer Doug Holbrook

May 7, 2021
(This article first appeared in the May/June 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Editor’s Note: For the APWU’s 50th anniversary celebration, we spoke with former Secretary-Treasurer Doug Holbrook on the Great Postal Strike, the merger...

Happy Anniversary APWU: 50 Years of Struggle and Progress

May 7, 2021
(This article first appeared in the May/June 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) The American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO, turns 50 years old on July 1, 2021! We were created after the 1970 Great Postal Strike from a merger of five...

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