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APWU Releases Q&As about 2025 Voluntary Early Retirement
February 1, 2025
The Voluntary Early Retirement (VER) recently announced for eligible postal workers by the Postal Service has generated many questions from the members of the APWU. The Postal Service published a list of questions and answers for our members.
House Resolution 70: Protecting the People’s Post Office
January 30, 2025
Please call APWU’s Legislative Hotline at 1-844-402-1001 to be connected to your member of Congress today, and ask them to cosponsor H. Res. 70, which expressly opposes postal privatization. Defending the people’s public Postal Service from...
USPS Sends Jobs, Work to Staples
November 26, 2013
On Nov. 10, in a deal that has been in the works at least since March, the USPS announced it was launching a pilot program to put postal retail units in Staples stores across the country. Some sites opened quietly in October and others have opened...
Sometimes it’s the Right Thing to Do
November 25, 2013
As a result of the postal service’s shrinking workforce — and the APWU’s shrinking membership base — union members have important decisions to make about the structure and future of their locals.
Unions Back Walmart Workers’ Nov. 29 ‘Black Friday' Protests
November 22, 2013
With the holiday season upon us, the labor movement is encouraging union members to support Walmart workers in their fight for decent wages and their rights at work. Trumka is urging union members and concerned workers everywhere make plans to...
Clerk Division Creates Agenda At All-Craft Conference
November 19, 2013
Clerks at the All-Craft Conference in Las Vegas approved three of seven resolutions to guide APWU leaders when the union enters contract negotiations with the Postal Service. The union’s current Collective Bargaining Agreement expires May 20, 2015.
Don't Believe the Type
November 15, 2013
“Headlines across the country are shouting that the USPS lost billions of dollars again this year, but that’s a fallacy,” APWU President Mark Dimondstein said after the USPS released financial information for fiscal year 2013. “If it weren’t for...