APWU: Stand Up for Safe Jobs on Workers Memorial Day

Posted on April 11, 2018April 11, 2018 by 21cpw

04/10/2018 – Each year on Workers Memorial Day (April 28), working people throughout the world remember those who were hurt or killed on the job and recommit to the struggle for a safe workplace. Virtually every safety and health protection on the books today exists because union workers fought together to win them, the most…

APWU appeals USPS Safety Ambassador Program to arbitration

Posted on March 17, 2018March 17, 2018 by 21cpw

Web News Article #: 28-2018 03/16/2018 – The APWU was informed on October 26, 2017 of the Postal Service’s intent to roll out a new program called the Safety Ambassador Program. The Postal Service intends to replace the safety captain program, and any other local safety programs, with this “standardized” and nationally controlled program. The…

APWU: ‘Stand Up for Safe Jobs’ Campaign Underway

Posted on October 30, 2015October 30, 2015 by 21cpw

Web News Article #: 205-2015 10/29/2015 – Last year, more than 36,000 postal workers were injured or sickened at work and at least 10 suffered fatalities. “Here’s the simple truth,” APWU President Mark Dimondstein and Industrial Relations Director Tony D. McKinnon Sr. wrote in a letter to local and state presidents and national officers. “If…