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August 1, 2025
Post-Convention Workshops
The Research & Education Department is proud to announce that the APWU will sponsor its 10th Educational Conference, a National Convention event that...
August 1, 2025
‘Sister Study’ Update
The nation’s largest ongoing research project on the causes of breast cancer is still searching for sisters.
August 1, 2025
H.R. 3579: A Win-Win Bill
The APWU continues to pursue the re-employment of postal retirees in new retail outlets. One of the crowning achievements of the 2006 contract negotia...
August 1, 2025
August 1, 2025
Get Your Credit Report – Free
The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) requires the nationwide credit reporting companies — Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion — to provide a free copy o...
August 1, 2025
Dealing With Domestic Violence
Domestic violence is on the rise in the United States. In all cultures the perpetrators of domestic violence are usually men and the victims are almos...
August 1, 2025
Recent Ruling Favors Retirees Who Were Injured on the Job
If you are a retiree who was partially disabled by a work-related injury, you want to make sure that your retirement annuity was computed accurately....
August 1, 2025
Long-Term Care A Problem Too Long Ignored
Our nation has too long ignored the need to address in a fiscally responsible manner the emerging long-term crisis facing seniors, baby boomers, and y...
August 1, 2025
Conflict Resolution
Conflict is a serious disagreement of opinion with another person or an argumentative incompatibility of opinions and principles.
August 1, 2025
Dealing With Domestic Violence
Domestic violence is on the rise in the United States. In all cultures the perpetrators of domestic violence are usually men and the victims are almos...
August 1, 2025
Identity Theft: A Growing Problem
When someone uses your name, address, Social Security number, bank or credit card account number, or other identifying information without your knowle...
August 1, 2025
End Unwanted Telemarketing Calls
Have you ever sat down to a peaceful dinner only to be interrupted by a call from a telemarketer? If so, you’re not alone. The Federal Communications...
August 1, 2025
Applying for Student Aid
Through Federal Student Aid, an office of the U.S. Department of Education, eligible students and their families can help fund post-secondary educatio...
August 1, 2025
Right-to-Work? – Wrong!
"Right-to-work” sure sounds good. But “right-to-work” laws, which are being promoted and passed in many states around the country, are wrong for worke...
August 1, 2025
Hypertension Awareness
Blood pressure is the force exerted by the bloodstream as it flows through the arteries. The pressure on the arterial walls varies throughout the day,...
August 1, 2025
Focus at Every Level
Nov. 4, 2008, is one of the most important days that we face as adults in this country. The decisions we make on this day will have a direct impact on...
August 1, 2025
Starting a Small Business
Starting a business is an exciting proposition, but it’s also an incredibly challenging undertaking.
August 1, 2025
Sexual Harassment
In Fiscal Year 2008, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission received approximately 14,000 charges of sexual harassment; nearly 12,000 were resolv...
August 1, 2025
Helping a Loved One Overcome Addiction
Helping a loved one who is struggling with alcoholism, drug abuse, an eating disorder, or other destructive behavior can be challenging. Sometimes a d...
August 1, 2025
The State of U.S. Unions
At the end of 2008, union members accounted for 12.4 percent of employed wage-and-salary workers, according to the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Lab...
August 1, 2025
Convention Recognizes Value of Retirees
With one exciting vote in Detroit in 1994, delegates to the 12th Biennial Convention of the American Postal Workers Union unanimously declared that re...
August 1, 2025
Financial Aid for Students
As the cost of college continues to escalate, many parents find that they do not have the funds or resources needed to assure that their children can...
August 1, 2025
Attend a Pre-Convention Workshop
The Research & Education Department is proud to announce that the APWU is sponsoring its 13th Educational Conference, a National Convention event that...
August 1, 2025
News for Annuitants
The Retirees Department often is asked about deferred retirement for workers who are covered by the Federal Employees Retirement System, the counterpa...
August 1, 2025
Pregnancy Discrimination
In 2005, approximately 4,500 charges of pregnancy-based discrimination were filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The EEOC resolved...
August 1, 2025
Cataracts: Who’s at Risk?
A cataract is a clouding of the normally clear crystalline lens inside the eye. Cataracts are usually associated with aging, but may also be a consequ...
August 1, 2025
Help for Your Survivors
This column regularly covers topics important to current and future retirees and their families. Usually the topics are related to retirement itself,...
August 1, 2025
The Importance of Keeping Current
The Retirees Department receives many inquiries from people who are having problems receiving annuity checks, Federal Health Benefits Program (FEHBP)...
August 1, 2025
Join Us: Why Not?
We often receive calls from both active and retired employees who wonder why they should join the APWU Retirees Department. The answer is very simple.
August 1, 2025
Earn a Business Degree Online
Union members who are interested in starting a business, improving the performance of an existing business, or who are simply interested in acquiring...