2017 APWU Officer’s Fiduciary Responsibility & QuickBooks Training

Web News Article #: 253-2016 12/14/2016 – The Secretary-Treasurer’s Department will be hosting an Officer’s Fiduciary Responsibility & QuickBooks Training in Atlanta, GA from March 9-11, 2017. It will take place at the Westin Peachtree Plaza. Reservations can be made by calling the hotel directly at 1-800-937-8461 or on-line. The deadline for hotel reservations is…

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Union members protest at Staples in LaGrange, GA

By Donny Karr – July 13, 2015 LaGRANGE — Protesters gathered outside Staples on New Franklin Road on Friday to demand that residents boycott the office supply chain’s stores. The protest group was made up of members of the American Postal Workers Union in Atlanta. “We are boycotting Staples because they are taking away jobs…

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No traditional mailboxes for new subdivisions in Forsyth County, GA

FORSYTH COUNTY — Thanks to a new federal guideline, residents of future subdivisions in Forsyth County may have to walk a little farther to check their mail. “What we’re hearing from the United States Postal Service is that for new development they’re going to require what they call cluster box units,” said Tom Brown, the…

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USPS: Perfect scores – Antioch, Illinois Post Office is a leader in customer service

The Antioch, IL, Post Office recently received its 37th consecutive perfect score on the Retail Customer Experience (RCE) survey, one of the Postal Service’s top tools to measure the quality of its customer service. This places Antioch third in the nation behind the Hazlehurst, GA, Post Office, which has 40 perfect scores, and the Middlebury,…

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APWU Secretary-Treasurer in Georgia Charged with Theft

On July 8, Cynthia Collins, former secretary-treasurer of American Postal Workers Union Local 12, was indicted in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia with embezzling funds from the Athens, Ga.-based union in the amount of $23,345 and concealing the thefts in union financial records. The indictment follows an investigation by the U.S….

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Staples Warehouse Workers Union Busting Meeting (May 15)

Recording of a captive audience anti-union meeting put on by Staples management and corporate HR at the Staples ‘fulfillment center’ warehouse in Lithia Springs, GA (outside of Atlanta) on May 15, 2014. Part 1 is a company rep reading from a prepared script about why workers should not organize a union, followed by the audio…

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