{"id":32998,"date":"2015-02-17T14:28:11","date_gmt":"2015-02-17T19:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.21cpw.com\/?p=32998"},"modified":"2015-02-17T14:54:49","modified_gmt":"2015-02-17T19:54:49","slug":"apwu-what-is-a-contract-action-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.21cpw.com\/apwu-what-is-a-contract-action-team\/","title":{"rendered":"APWU: What is a Contract Action Team?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-socializer wpsr-share-icons\" data-lg-action=\"show\" data-sm-action=\"show\" data-sm-width=\"768\" data-ga=\"share_icons\" data-ga-action=\"share\"><div class=\"wpsr-si-inner\"><div class=\"socializer sr-popup sr-fluid sr-32px sr-opacity sr-pad\"><span class=\"sr-facebook\"><a data-id=\"facebook\" style=\"color:#ffffff;\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share.php?u=\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share this on Facebook\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook-f\"><\/i><\/a><\/span>\n<span class=\"sr-twitter\"><a data-id=\"twitter\" style=\"color:#ffffff;\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=%20-%20%20\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Tweet this !\"><i class=\"fab fa-twitter\"><\/i><\/a><\/span>\n<span class=\"sr-share-menu\"><a href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More share links\" style=\"color:#ffffff;\" data-metadata=\"{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;excerpt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;image&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;short-url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;rss-url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.21cpw.com\\\/feed\\\/&quot;,&quot;comments-section&quot;:&quot;comments&quot;,&quot;raw-url&quot;:null,&quot;twitter-username&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;fb-app-id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;fb-app-secret&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\"><i class=\"fa fa-plus\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-30534\" src=\"http:\/\/www.21cpw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/APWU_stand_up_fight_back-300x173.jpg\" alt=\"APWU_stand_up_fight_back\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" data-wp-pid=\"30534\" \/>Web News Article #: 027-2015 &#8211; 02\/17\/2015<\/strong><br \/>\n02\/17\/2015 &#8211; The American Postal Workers Union has embarked on a campaign to involve union members in the fight for a good contract. This means sharing information on the work floor and winning community support for the struggle to secure better service and good jobs.<\/p>\n<p>Contract Action Teams (CAT) are designed to fulfill this mission. CATs will be the principal method of informing and mobilizing members. \u00a0The more members that get involved, the better!<\/p>\n<h3>CATs can:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Produce flyers with updates about negotiations and upcoming activities;<\/li>\n<li>Establish a text messaging group, email list or newsletter;<\/li>\n<li>Conduct outreach to potential allies beyond the Postal Service to explain why their support is needed;<\/li>\n<li>Organize activities, such as T-shirt days, button days, sticker days, etc., to publicize the issues, and<\/li>\n<li class=\"last\">Develop new ideas for building support for our goals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Local presidents that wish to participate should complete a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apwu.org\/sites\/apwu\/files\/resource-files\/APWU%20Contract%20Campaign%20Forms.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>CAT sign-up form<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>How do CATs fit in? Every APWU member\u00a0can help. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.apwu.org\/sites\/apwu\/files\/resource-files\/How%20CATs%20Fit%20In.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(<em>or see image below<\/em>)\u00a0to see how CATs fit in to the national contract campaign structure.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-33001\" src=\"http:\/\/www.21cpw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/CAT_organizational_chart.jpg\" alt=\"CAT_organizational_chart\" width=\"506\" height=\"355\" data-wp-pid=\"33001\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.21cpw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/CAT_organizational_chart.jpg 665w, https:\/\/www.21cpw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/CAT_organizational_chart-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While negotiations are going on at the bargaining table, everyone who has a stake in the outcome of negotiations must <strong><em>Stand Up and Fight Back!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apwu.org\/news\/web-news-article\/what-contract-action-team\">What is a Contract Action Team? | APWU<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-socializer wpsr-share-icons\" data-lg-action=\"show\" data-sm-action=\"show\" data-sm-width=\"768\" data-ga=\"share_icons\" data-ga-action=\"share\"><div class=\"wpsr-si-inner\"><div class=\"socializer sr-popup sr-fluid sr-32px sr-opacity sr-pad\"><span class=\"sr-facebook\"><a data-id=\"facebook\" style=\"color:#ffffff;\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share.php?u=\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share this on Facebook\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook-f\"><\/i><\/a><\/span>\n<span class=\"sr-twitter\"><a data-id=\"twitter\" style=\"color:#ffffff;\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=%20-%20%20\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Tweet this !\"><i class=\"fab fa-twitter\"><\/i><\/a><\/span>\n<span class=\"sr-share-menu\"><a href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More share links\" style=\"color:#ffffff;\" data-metadata=\"{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;excerpt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;image&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;short-url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;rss-url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.21cpw.com\\\/feed\\\/&quot;,&quot;comments-section&quot;:&quot;comments&quot;,&quot;raw-url&quot;:null,&quot;twitter-username&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;fb-app-id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;fb-app-secret&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\"><i class=\"fa fa-plus\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Web News Article #: 027-2015 &#8211; 02\/17\/2015 02\/17\/2015 &#8211; The American Postal Workers Union has embarked on a campaign to involve union members in the fight for a good contract. This means sharing information on the work floor and winning community support for the struggle to secure better service and good jobs. Contract Action Teams&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.21cpw.com\/apwu-what-is-a-contract-action-team\/\"><span class=\"glyphicon glyphicon-arrow-right\"><\/span>&nbsp;Continue reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":225,"featured_media":19103,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[676,1096,5740,3297,6274,1311],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.21cpw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32998"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.21cpw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.21cpw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.21cpw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/225"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.21cpw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.21cpw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32998\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.21cpw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.21cpw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.21cpw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.21cpw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}