PREAMBLE

We the Postal Workers of Local 7048 in order to form a more perfect union, establish this Constitution and by-laws.

We, who come from diverse crafts, believe that in unity there is strength. We believe that all postal workers and all members of labor have the right to economic, political and social justice.

ARTICLE  I  -  NAME

The name of this organization shall be the Philadelphia Bulk Mail Center Local #7048, American Postal Workers Union. Let it be understood that all words in the Constitution indicating masculine gender shall also refer to the feminine gender.

ARTICLE  II  -  OBJECTIVES

We desire to conform to the Constitution of the American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO and that instrument shall apply in all matters not expressly covered by the Constitution of this Local #7048. APWU Local #7048 affirms its belief in a single union of all postal workers in non-supervisory levels. Local #7048 will make every effort to bring into being a single union of all workers by mergers with other postal unions, and initiate intensive all out organizing campaigns reflecting the APWU philosophy.