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July 11, 2022

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Mental Health Conditions and the FMLA

(This article first appeared in the July/August 2022 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) In May of this year, the Department of Labor update...

March 27, 2018

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May 1, 2016

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A Technological Advance: Bid Tracking System Helps Locals Protect Jobs

(This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The industrial relations department launched the bid...

May 1, 2016

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A Technological Advance: Bid Tracking System Helps Locals Protect Jobs

(This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The industrial relations department launched the bid...

May 2, 2012

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APWU Forms Available For FMLA Medical Certification

**(8/8/18 FOR THE MOST CURRENT FMLA INFORMATION CLICK HERE)** The APWU FMLA Forms are once again available for employees to use when submitting medica...

December 17, 2010

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Union Encourages Members to Use Department of Labor Forms For FMLA Leave Requests

The APWU is encouraging members to use Department of Labor forms when requesting Family & Medical Leave, while the union pursues a dispute with the Po...

November 17, 2008

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Bush’s Lame-Duck Labor Department To Implement Onerous FMLA Rule Changes

As the Bush administration prepares to leave office, it is giving workers one more kick in the teeth: The Department of Labor announced last week that...

April 14, 2008

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APWU Members Lead the Charge In Defense of FMLA

APWU members rose to an important challenge in recent weeks: Postal workers submitted more than half of the postings to a Department of Labor Web site...

April 8, 2008

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Union Members Urged to Help Save FMLA Protections

Time is running out for union members to voice objections to new regulations proposed by the Department of Labor that would undermine employees’ medic...

March 28, 2008

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Bush Keeps Trying to Chip Away at Workers’ Rights

The headlines last July seemed to say it all: “Labor Department Study Affirms That FMLA Is Working as Intended.” So union activists were dismayed when...

March 6, 2008

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Union Activists Urged to Fight Proposals to Gut FMLA

APWU President William Burrus has issued a call to action, asking the union’s officers and activists to fight proposed new regulations that would weak...

February 21, 2008

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New Law Enhances FMLA Leave for Military Families

Recent amendments to the Family and Medical Leave Act will allow postal workers and others covered by the law to take up to 26 weeks of leave to help...

July 2, 2007

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Labor Department Study Affirms That FMLA ‘Is Working as Intended’

A Department of Labor study released June 27 confirms what most Americans already know, that “family and medical leave is good for workers and their f...

October 4, 2005

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USPS Seeks to Thwart Landmark FMLA Ruling

The Postal Service has filed a petition seeking to overturn a recent court ruling that invalidated USPS return-to-work requirements for employees with...

October 4, 2005

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USPS Seeks to Thwart Landmark FMLA Ruling

The Postal Service has filed a petition seeking to overturn a recent court ruling that invalidated USPS return-to-work requirements for employees with...

July 20, 2005

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APWU Wins Landmark FMLA Ruling

A federal appeals court has ruled that the Postal Service’s return-to-work requirements for absences of more than 21 days are in conflict with the Fam...

July 20, 2005

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APWU Wins Landmark FMLA Ruling

A federal appeals court has ruled that the Postal Service’s return-to-work requirements for absences of more than 21 days are in conflict with the Fam...