{"id":464,"date":"2025-12-21T14:39:56","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T22:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swcalretirees.org\/union\/?p=464"},"modified":"2025-12-21T14:39:56","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T22:39:56","slug":"merry-christmas-and-happy-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swcalretirees.org\/union\/uncategorized\/merry-christmas-and-happy-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Merry Christmas and Happy New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Merry Christmas  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swcalretirees.org\/union\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"182\" height=\"176\" src=\"https:\/\/swcalretirees.org\/union\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-465\" style=\"width:206px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Happy New Year<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swcalretirees.org\/union\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"184\" height=\"184\" src=\"https:\/\/swcalretirees.org\/union\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swcalretirees.org\/union\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-1.png 184w, https:\/\/swcalretirees.org\/union\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-1-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 184px) 100vw, 184px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>2026 will be an active year for APWU, AFL-CIO members and retirees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Southwest Coastal Area Local Retiree Chapters will have election in January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Southwest Coastal Area Local will have elections in March.<br>The California State APWU will have elections in May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The California State APWU Retirees will have election in May.<br>The California State APWU will have a state convention in May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The California State APWU Retirees will have a state convention in May.<br>APWU, AFL-CIO members and retirees&nbsp; state convention in Sacramento, CA in May.<br>APWU, AFL-CIO members and retirees will have a National Convention in Los Angeles, CA in August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bobby Donelson<br><a href=\"mailto:bd62748@aol.com\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">bd62748@aol.com<\/a><br>9692 Canton Avenue<br>Anaheim, CA 92804Cell: 714 206-2931<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Date of Postal Strike &#8211; March 18-25, 1970.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Postal Reorganization Act -Public Law 91-375 &#8211; August 12, 1970<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>American Postal Workers Union formed &#8211; July 1, 1971<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Southwest Coastal Area Local Chartered &#8211; August 1, 1973<br>Southwest Coastal Area Local Retiree Chapter Chartered &#8211; September 10, 2004<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Retiree Chapter&#8217;s Web Site &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/swcalretirees.org\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/swcalretirees.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Merry Christmas Happy New Year 2026 will be an active year for APWU, AFL-CIO members and retirees. The Southwest Coastal Area Local Retiree Chapters will have election in January. The Southwest Coastal Area Local will have elections in March.The California &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/swcalretirees.org\/union\/uncategorized\/merry-christmas-and-happy-new-year\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reports","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swcalretirees.org\/union\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swcalretirees.org\/union\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swcalretirees.org\/union\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swcalretirees.org\/union\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swcalretirees.org\/union\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=464"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/swcalretirees.org\/union\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":467,"href":"https:\/\/swcalretirees.org\/union\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464\/revisions\/467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swcalretirees.org\/union\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swcalretirees.org\/union\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swcalretirees.org\/union\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}