USPS Report: PSE Compliance Report Pay Period 21 – October 4, 2024
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Read More....USPS Report: PSE Compliance Report Pay Period 19 – September 6, 2024
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Read More....Updated 2024 APWU Constitution Posted
October 22, 2024The updated 2024 APWU Constitution & Bylaws has been posted.
Constitution & Bylaws
The updated APWU Constitution & Bylaws has been posted. The new constitution includes changes adopted by delegates to the union’s 27th Biennial National Convention in July 2024.
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IAM Members Get Out the Vote with Philadelphia AFL-CIO
The Nov. 5 national election date is approaching and IAM members have been in the city of Philadelphia and the battleground state of Pennsylvania. The AFL-CIO is coordinating a massive canvass of all union members in the area and urging them to vote for pr-labor candidates. The teams of union members are walking neighborhoods and
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How Trump’s Project 2025 Would Attack Working People, Unions
Trump’s Project 2025 is the 920-page document, written by at least 140 Trump advisers and former (and likely future) leaders in the Trump administration, that spells out what they plan to do during a Trump second term. The AFL-CIO broke it down for us: How would this agenda affect union members and working families? We are
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Help Us Elect Pro-Labor Candidates
Election Day is approaching fast, and that means we need to rev up our efforts to get votes for the IAM-endorsed candidates! Our union endorses candidates because elected officials impact our members, contracts, health care and retirement. Help us engage with fellow union members about this critical election and its repercussions through a get-out-the-vote opportunity near
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Service & Solidarity Spotlight: CWA Ratifies Contract with AT&T
Service & Solidarity Spotlight: CWA Ratifies Contract with AT&T
Working people across the United States regularly step up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our Service & Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story.
The Communications Workers of America (CWA) ratified agreements with AT&T that cover some 23,000 employees across 11 states. Over the life of the four-year agreement, workers in the West will receive wage increases of at least 15% and those in the Southeast will get more than 19%. Wire technicians and utility operations professionals from the Southeast will receive an additional 3% wage boost under the bipartisan infrastructure law. More than 17,000 workers secured the increases after engaging in an unfair labor practice strike in August.
Kenneth Quinnell
Tue, 10/22/2024 – 09:55
Pushing and Kicking Those Doors Open: The Working People Weekly List
Pushing and Kicking Those Doors Open: The Working People Weekly List
Every week, we bring you a roundup of the top news and commentary about issues and events important to working families. Here’s the latest edition of the Working People Weekly List.
Biden Cancels $4.5 Billion in Student Debt for Over 60,000 Public Service Workers: “President Joe Biden on Thursday said an additional $4.5 billion in student debt is being canceled for about 60,000 teachers, nurses, firefighters and others, bringing the number of public service workers to get relief during his administration to more than 1 million. More than $73 billion in loans have been forgiven under a 2007 initiative, according to an Education Department news release. Borrowers eligible for the latest round of relief should learn of their debt being cleared in coming weeks.”Boston Teachers Push for Better Wages and Working Conditions with More ‘Walk-Ins’: “Boston teachers held ‘walk-ins’ outside five schools across the district Thursday morning as they continue rallying support amid ongoing contract negotiations. The Boston Teachers Union is fighting for better pay for teachers and paraprofessionals. They’re also asking for what they’re calling ‘inclusion done right’—they say the district needs to properly staff the inclusion model used in classrooms for students with special needs and English Language Learners. The union, whose contract expired on Aug. 31 right before the start of the new school year, has been in negotiations with Boston Public Schools since February. Right now, 8,000 educators are without a contract in the district.”Harris, Culinary Local 226 Are Mobilizing Their Efforts for Election Day Push in Nevada: “Before her nationally televised town hall in Las Vegas last week, Vice President Kamala Harris took part in a more private meeting. The Democratic presidential nominee made a visit to the headquarters of Culinary Union Local 226 and Bartenders Union Local 165, taking photos with members and speaking about her proposals, including to tackle housing costs and price gouging. It was also an opportunity for her to remind the powerful union of their shared interests in continuing their work this fall to elect her to the White House.”Grad Students Are Unionizing in Droves. Can Postdocs Lead the Next Wave?: “When Marjorie Levinstein, 35, began working as a postdoctoral fellow at the National Institute on Drug Abuse in 2021, she knew from the outset that she wanted to advocate for her fellow postdocs. At the University of Washington, where she had received her PhD in neuroscience, she saw firsthand ‘how the union really fought to improve our lives.’ But the unionization movement at her new employer, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), didn’t have that infrastructure. In July 2021, it amounted to ‘five people on a Zoom call,’ Levinstein told The Nation. Now, she’s fighting for her union’s first contract in an over-5,000-strong collective bargaining unit, which won its vote by a nearly 98% margin last year.”Petitions for Union Representation Doubled Under Biden’s Presidency, First Increase Since 1970s: “There has been a doubling of petitions by workers to have union representation during President Joe Biden’s administration, according to figures released Tuesday by the National Labor Relations Board. There were 3,286 petitions filed with the government in fiscal 2024, up from 1,638 in 2021. This marks the first increase in unionization petitions during a presidential term since Gerald Ford’s administration, which ended 48 years ago. During Trump’s presidency, union petitions declined 22%. President Joe Biden said in a statement obtained by The Associated Press that the increase showed that his administration has done more for workers than his predecessor, Donald Trump, the current Republican nominee who is vying to return to the White House in November’s election.”More Black and Latina Women Are Leading Unions—and Transforming How They Work: “‘Momentum for Black and Latina women rising into labor union leadership has picked up in the last five years. But the work began long before that by ‘our foremothers who laid this foundation and have been pushing and kicking those doors open for decades,’ according to Liz Shuler, who in June 2022 became the first woman to lead the AFL-CIO, a federation of 60 national and international labor unions. ‘The #MeToo movement, I think, has really emboldened women across the board, including in labor, to say, “You know what? I’m not going to be sitting on the sidelines,’” Shuler said. The pandemic also put a spotlight on essential workers such as nurses, service workers, and care workers, who are predominantly women and minorities.”Hotel Workers Campaign Among Latino Voters in Arizona: “‘Hello, housekeeping!’ she called, breaking into a laugh upon realizing her mistake. The 57-year-old is a member of UNITE HERE, the hospitality union, and had taken a leave of absence from her job at a nearby Hilton to go door-to-door to keep Arizona blue. ‘I like to step back and wait, so they think I’ve left,’ she said. ‘Then they open the door and here I am.’”’A True Hero’: Pay Equity Crusader Lilly Ledbetter Dies at 86: “Labor unions and women’s advocacy groups on Monday paid tribute to Lilly Ledbetter, the former Goodyear employee whose fight for equal pay made it all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court and Congress, after her death at the age of 86—with economic justice advocates hailing Ledbetter as ‘an icon.’ ‘Lilly Ledbetter simply wanted to be paid the same as her male Goodyear co-workers,’ said the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) on social media. But to workers who have benefited from the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009, added the union, ‘she was a true hero.’”
Kenneth Quinnell
Mon, 10/21/2024 – 15:35
Teamsters, Members of Congress Demand Amazon Stop Ignoring Federal Law
(WASHINGTON) – Today, 133 members of the U.S. House of Representatives signed onto a letter supporting Amazon Teamsters by demanding information from Amazon CEO Andy Jassy regarding the retail behemoth’s unlawful violations of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). “Under a mountain of unfair labor practices and illegal worker misclassifications, Amazon is operating as a […]
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Day 38 – Strike Update October 20, 2024
It’s so important to base your decisions on facts rather than rumors or speculation, especially when it comes to something as crucial as voting for your future. Whether you choose to accept or reject the contract, your Union is committed to making sure you have the correct information to make a decision that best serves
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