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March 22, 2024
What’s Really Happening to Veterans VA Healthcare?
In this edition of Home Front, we will highlight a few of the numerous negative healthcare laws of the Trump-era VA Mission Act, that was passed by Congress, and signed into law on June 6, 2018, by former President Donal...
March 20, 2024
How to Report Hazards, Unsafe Conditions or Practices with PS Form 1767
Take a look around your workspaces – do you see anything unsafe? If so, nd the nearest PS Form 1767, Report of Hazard, Unsafe Condition or Practice.
March 19, 2024
“The Only Constant is Change”
Postal management’s network “modernization” plan, mostly driven by changing communications and advancing technology, is underway. Members are legitimately concerned about its impact on jobs and service.
March 19, 2024
Clerk Division Continues RI-399 Training and Staffing
The Clerk Division has ramped up our training of clerk craft jurisdiction/machine staffing advocates for the Regional Instruction (RI)-399 process.
March 19, 2024
Continue Your APWU Activism, Become a Retiree Member!
APWU family, an important part of our fight to protect and secure our hard-earned benefits and to help to preserve the Postal Service includes the continued growth of the APWU Retirees Department. Retiree members are an...
March 19, 2024
Federal Retirement Fairness Act Reintroduced!
Legislative Director Judy Beard summarizes the reintroduced Federal Retirement Fairness Act (H.R. 5995), advertises the Legislative events at the upcoming APWU National Convention, and provides a resource for finding2024...
March 19, 2024
I Believe Our Postal Service is Quickly Changing into a Failing Business Model and Our Universal Service Obligation to America is Disappearing.
The Postmaster General (PMG) has degraded our Service Standards and he isn’t stopping. His business plan is destroying us and has lost the confidence of our customers, which affects our mail volume and revenue.
March 19, 2024
In Unity: Civil Rights and the Labor Movement
Historically, the intertwining narratives of the civil rights movement and the labor movement stand as powerful testaments to the resilience of the human spirit and the pursuit of equality. As Martin Luther King Jr. eloq...
March 19, 2024
Interview: How Postal Banking Makes a Difference Around the World
The American Postal Worker recently spoke with Cornelia Berger, the Head of Post and Logistics for Uni Global Union, about the role postal banking plays in other countries.
March 19, 2024
Labor History: APWU Helped Usher in the End of Apartheid in South Africa
This month in Labor History, we look back at Apartheid in South Africa and the role APWU played in helping South Africans cast their first-ever votes in the 1994 elections:
March 19, 2024
Network Modernization – Local Transportation Optimization
As part of the Postmaster General’s Delivering for America (DFA) "network modernization" plan, the Postal Service is now implementing a new transportation plan, referred to as Local Transportation Optimization (LTO).
March 19, 2024
Pay Your Taxes, not a Big Tech Company
This year, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is rolling out a pilot program across 12 states that will allow many working class people to file their taxes quickly and easily online, for free.
March 19, 2024
Shining a Light on Safety for Workers’ Memorial Day
Industrial Relations Director Charlie Cash shines a light on safety for Workers’ Memorial Day, and the steps postal workers can take to insure safe conditions in their workplace.
March 19, 2024
Stand Up for Service
We’re currently experiencing the largest changes in the history of postal operations. Many of these changes have failed to demonstrate that they are in the best interests of our customers and are destined to negatively i...
March 19, 2024
Stress Less for a Healthier Heart
Stress happens. You can’t always prevent or avoid it, but you can change how you respond to it. Try these tips. You may feel better—and have a healthier heart, too!
March 19, 2024
Tentative Agreements Reached!
Support Services Director Arrion Brown announces the tentative agreements reached for 10 Roads Express Des Moines/Kansas City drivers, and for the National Postal Professional Nurses (NPPN).
March 19, 2024
The Benefits of “Being Union”
“Being union” is understanding that we, the workers, band together to stand up to our employer and demand safe working conditions, livable wages, and work-hour guarantees. It’s about combining our forces to deal with a q...
March 19, 2024
The Future Is Here
MVS Director Michael Foster provides his initial thoughts of the fully electric Next Generation Delivery Vehicles meant to replace the aging postal fleet.
March 19, 2024
Workers’ Compensation Insurance and Why it is Required!
One of the legal requirements that local and state presidents and treasurers must comply with is obtaining workers’ compensation insurance. Since local and state unions are treated as small businesses under state law, ea...
March 8, 2024
The History of International Working Women’s Day
International Working Women’s Day (IWD) is a day of collective global activism and celebration that belongs to all those committed to progressing women’s equality. Celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and politica...
March 5, 2024
Facts and Arguments Exchanged in Dispatch Coordinator National Dispute
On Monday, March 4, 2024, the Clerk Craft and the Postal Service exchanged 15-day statements in the dispute surrounding the newly created Dispatch Coordinator position.
February 27, 2024
2024 Rank and File Bargaining Advisory Committee Appointed
With national contract negotiations set to begin on June 25, President Mark Dimondstein has announced the names of the APWU members who will serve on the Rank-and-File Bargaining Advisory Committee.
February 26, 2024
Maintenance Craft In-Service Open Season March 1-31, 2024
Once a year, during the month of March (March 1-31), ALL career employees may request to be tested for Maintenance Craft eligibility ratings and placement on In-Service Registers.
February 23, 2024
APWU Announces Dedication of Headquarters Boardroom to President William H. Burrus
APWU has honored the legacy of former President William H. Burrus by renaming the National Executive Boardroom at APWU Headquarters in his memory.
February 15, 2024
Maintenance Capable and Non-Maintenance Capable Dispute Settled
APWU and USPS management have settled National Dispute USPS NO. Q18T-6Q-C-21160044/APWU No. HQTT20210109
February 13, 2024
Fifth COLA Increase Announced
The fifth COLA increase under the 2021-2024 Collective Bargaining Agreement has been announced.
January 30, 2024
The Campaign for Better Staffing, Better Service
Learn all about the Campaign for Better Staffing, Better Service
January 26, 2024
The APWU Kicks Off 2024 Contract Campaign Slogan Competition
With the opening of contract negotiations on June 25 just months away, APWU national officers are calling on actively employed, retiree, and auxiliary APWU members to submit slogan ideas for the 2024 Contract Campaign, w...
January 18, 2024
Clerk Division Memorandums of Understanding Extended for MRCs, BMTs, and EAS
On Jan. 17, 2024, the Clerk Division and the Postal Service agreed to temporarily extend the previous Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) regarding the jobs audit of Mailing Requirements Clerks (MRCs), Bulk Mail Technicia...
January 17, 2024
APWU Celebrates Dedication of the History Center
On the evening of Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, officers, staff, and guests of the APWU gathered for the dedication of the APWU History Center. Built around the theme “The Struggle Continues,” the History Center celebrates the c...