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- Executive Officers
  - President
    
    As the APWU’s top officer, the President is responsible for all of the operations of the national union.
    
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  - Vice President
    
    The Executive Vice President is the second-highest-ranking officer in the American Postal Workers Union, and is responsible for assisting the president in the administration of the union.
    
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  - Secretary Treasurer
    
    The Secretary-Treasurer acts as the union's chief financial officer and serves local unions, state affiliates, officers, and members in many ways.
    
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- Departments
  - Industrial Relations
    
    The Director of Industrial Relations is charged with responsibility for labor management, national negotiations, mechanization, safety and health for all divisions of the union, and the administration of the collective bargaining agreement.
    
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  - Legislative and Political
    
    The Legislative and Political Department helps advance the union's cause on Capitol Hill and keeps the APWU members informed about important issues and legislative developments.
    
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  - Organization
    
    The Organization Department helps strengthen the APWU at the local, state and national level by recruiting new members.
    
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  - Research and Education
    
    The APWU Research & Education Department coordinates the union’s research and educational programs, and serves as a clearinghouse for information on labor studies.
    
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  - Human Relations
    
    There’s more to being a progressive union than achieving and enforcing a contract — and that’s where the Human Relations Department comes in. Our programs and benefits inspire members to participate in the union and give them a sense of inclusion, contribution, and ownership.
    
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  - Health Plan
    
    The APWU Health Plan is one of the five largest health plans in the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program, and has been protecting APWU members, retirees and federal employees since 1960.
  - Retirees
    
    About Retirees
    
    The APWU Retirees Department is the voice of retired APWU members — within the union and on Capitol Hill.
    
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- Crafts
  - Clerk Division
    
    The Clerk Division is the largest division of the American Postal Workers Union and represents the largest craft in the U.S. Postal Service.
    
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  - Maintenance Division
    
    The Maintenance Craft is a diverse and complex division of the APWU. In addition to the three national officers who work at the union's headquarters in Washington, DC, representation is provided by nine Maintenance National Business Agents (NBAs) and three all-craft NBAs.
    
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  - MVS Division
    
    The Motor Vehicle Craft is composed of APWU members who transport mail and maintain postal vehicles, and includes MVS Clerks, who work in Vehicle Maintenance Facilities and in Transportation Departments in mail processing plants.
    
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  - Support Services Division
    
    The Support Services Division represents APWU bargaining unit members at Information Technology/ Accounting Service Centers, Operating Services facilities, Mail Equipment Shops and Material Distribution Centers, as well as professional nurses employed by the Postal Service. The Division also includes APWU-represented workers who are employed in the private sector, including mail haul drivers and Mail Transport Equipment Service Center employees.
    
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- Regional Coordinators
  - Central Region
    
    The Central Region Coordinator is responsible for organizing the union's activities in 13 central states. The Central Region Office serves APWU members in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin.
    
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  - Eastern Region
    
    The Eastern Regional Coordinator is responsible for union activity in Delaware, Maryland, parts of New York and New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington DC.
    
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  - Northeast Region
    
    The Northeast Regional Coordinator is responsible for union activity in parts of New York and New Jersey, and Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
    
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  - Southern Region
    
    The Southern Region Coordinator is responsible for union activity in 11 states -- Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Oklahoma, Texas and Tennessee.
    
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  - Western Region
    
    The Western Region Coordinator is responsible for the union's activities in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, and American Samoa, Guam and Saipan.
    
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- Affiliates
  - APWU Auxiliary
    
    The Auxiliary to the American Postal Works Union is a grassroots organization of union members' friends and families.
  - APWU Deaf/Hard of Hearing Task Force
    
    The Deaf/Hard of Hearing Task Force is a forum for APWU members to address their unique problems and concerns in the workplace, union, and society. Established in 1988 by an amendment to the APWU National Constitution, its goals include: better communication, better representation; better training, a better workplace, a better union, and building friendship.
  - APWU POWER
    
    APWU POWER (Post Office Women for Equal Rights) is the women’s committee within the American Postal Workers Union. It unites women, with their special concerns, yet works within the framework of the national APWU organization.
  - Postal Press Association
    
    The APWU National Postal Press Association (PPA) provides APWU communicators with a wide range of assistance, information, and educational programs concerning the publication of union newsletters and media.
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Union Administration Training - Central & Western Regions

Sunday, July 16, 2017 - Saturday, July 22, 2017

Southfield, MI

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Arbitration Advocacy Training

Sunday, July 30, 2017 - Sunday, August 6, 2017

Albany , NY

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APWU National Postal Press Association Biennial Conference

Wednesday, August 2, 2017 - Saturday, August 5, 2017

Des Moines , IA

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APWU Human Relations Conference / Federal Injury Compensation Training

Sunday, August 6, 2017 - Thursday, August 10, 2017

Atlantic City, NJ

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18th Biennial APWU POWER Convention

Thursday, August 24, 2017 - Sunday, August 27, 2017

Baltimore , MD

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Secretary-Treasurer’s Training

Friday, September 29, 2017 - Sunday, October 1, 2017

Las Vegas , NV

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National President's Conference

Saturday, September 30, 2017 - Sunday, October 1, 2017

Las Vegas, NV

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Legislative Conference

Sunday, October 1, 2017

Las Vegas , NV

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2017 All-Craft Conference

Monday, October 2, 2017 - Wednesday, October 4, 2017

Las Vegas , NV

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Retirees' Conference

Monday, October 2, 2017 - Wednesday, October 4, 2017

Las Vegas , NV

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