Congratulations to the winners of the COPA drawing
- 1st place - Harold Carter
- 2nd place - Dorothy Hollingsworth
- 3rd place - Mark Cunningham
A total of $4,185 was raised, half of which goes to COPA, which makes each of those that contributed a WINNER!
To help give our union a stronger voice in national politics, APWU's Committee on Political Action (COPA) collects donations from union members and distributes them to candidates who will stand up for postal workers and working families.
Much is at stake in the ongoing debate over the future of the Postal Service and how it treats its workers and customers. Simply put, postal workers need a strong voice in politics. By law, union dues and general treasury funds cannot be used to make contributions to candidates for elective office.
COPA funds are used for:
- Protecting postal pay
- Keeping health care and retirement benefits- "non-negotiable"
- Stopping outsourcing of postal jobs
- Keeping no-layoff protections
- Retaining collective bargaining rights
COPA solitcitaions are restricted to APWU members including retirees who pay retiree dues and their families and executive or administrative personnel of the local union and their families. Federal law prohibits soliciting contributions from outside the restricted class and that such contributions, if made, will be returned to the donor.
