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September 16, 2025
Zero Base Initiative, Zero Change
The Zero Base Initiative, which is the Postal Service’s new terminology for the old Breakthrough Productivity Initiative (BPI), is causing concern amo...
September 16, 2025
e-Team Report, Nov. 18, 2011
More Calls for USPS Privatization - Take Action Today! Tell Congress to Vote No on H.R. 2309! Congress Moves through Budget Funding Measure – Defers P...
September 16, 2025
Dispute Over Limitations on Casual Employee Assignments
This dispute concerns the proper interpretation of the MOU on Supplemental Workforce; Conversion of Clerk Craft PTFs from the 2006 National Agreement...
September 16, 2025
The Postal Service’s New National Reassessment Process-Limited Duty
Subsequently, the APWU was notified that on July 27, 2009, the Postal Service had finalized their protocols and would begin implementing this limited...
September 16, 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...
September 16, 2025
Pilot Program Spurs Debate At All-Craft Conference
One of the main topics among Motor Vehicle Service Directors during the APWU All-Craft Conference in Las Vegas in early October was the Memorandum of...
September 16, 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...
September 16, 2025
e-Team Report, July 29, 2011
Oppose H.R. 2309 - Send aMessage to Your Member of the U.S. House of Representatives Today! Some States Halt Moving Forward with Voter ID Legislation...
September 16, 2025
Dispute Over Management’s Untimely Step 2 Answers Appealed to Arbitration
The APWU has appealed to national-level arbitration a dispute over the Postal Service's untimely issuance of Step 2 denial letters.
September 16, 2025
Making Progress
More than six months have passed since I took office as Director of the Support Services Division. Because of the diversity of the division, I have be...
September 16, 2025
Prerequisites for Training
Job training required for promotion has been the subject of discussion between the union and USPS management at the national level for many years.
September 16, 2025
Arm Yourself With Knowledge
An important part of building our power is arming ourselves with knowledge. But if we rely only on the corporate-owned media, we are likely to receive...
September 16, 2025
Driver Selection, Orientation, Familiarization & Certification
USPS Memo [PDF] to District Managers of Customer Service & Sales, dated Jan. 27, 1994, and cover letter to APWU. DIEs will continue to perform their d...
September 16, 2025
Unemployment Compensation
Injured employees who undergo the National Reassessment Process (NRP) and are told by the Postal Service either that there is only partial-day work av...
September 16, 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....
September 16, 2025
e-Team Report, Jan. 25, 2013
State Efforts Chipping Away at Union Membership, Especially for Public Sector Workers Debt Ceiling Temporarily Averted The Politics of Crisis and Post...
September 16, 2025
Dispute Filed Concerning USPS Failure to Bargain Over Safety and Ergonomic Issues
The APWU has initiated a national dispute over the Postal Service's failure and refusal to meet and bargain in good faith the the Union about safety a...
September 16, 2025
Low Income Home Energy Assistance Down Despite the Extreme Cold
Huffington Post reports that sequestration's budget cuts last year have left thousands of families in the cold this winter. Congress cut funding for t...
September 16, 2025
Union Appeals to Arbitration USPS Decision to Subcontract FSM 1000 Modifications
On Nov. 17, 2009, the APWU appealed to arbitration a national-level dispute protesting the Postal Service’s decision to subcontract the retrofitting o...
September 16, 2025
Fighting Contract Postal Units; Protecting Retail Jobs
The USPS announcement in May that more than 3,200 stations and branches in Level 24-and-above post offices would be evaluated for possible consolidati...
September 16, 2025
Problems with Central ‘Case Create’
On Oct. 1, 2011, the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs (OWCP), Division of Federal Employees’ Compensation (DFEC), centralized its case creatio...
September 16, 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...
September 16, 2025
e-Team Report, Aug. 23, 2013
August Action: As Recess Comes to a Close APWU Members Encouraged to Engage with their Representatives APWU Opposes Proposal to Remove Postal Workers...
September 16, 2025
Resource Management Database (RMD) Settlement
A pre-arbitration settlement (USPS #Q98C-4Q-C 01005505) concerning the Postal Service’s Resource Management Database (RMD) and its web-based enterpris...
September 16, 2025
Questions and Answers for the New Customer Care Center in Wichita, KS
The APWU and USPS have agreed to a series of Questions and Answers [PDF] regarding the establishment of a new Customer Care Center in Wichita, KS.
September 16, 2025
Stewards’ Status in MSPB Appeals
Recently, the union has received inquiries about the right of stewards to prepare appeals to the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) while “on the c...
September 16, 2025
Join the APWU Retirees Department Today
For only $36 per year (which can be deducted in $3 increments from your monthly annuity check), your membership entitles you to a voice in union affai...
September 16, 2025
“It’s the De-Fault of the Republicans”
Rep. Barney Frank hit the nail on the head when he railed on the House floor on Aug. 2 against Republicans who left Washington for a five-week summer...
September 16, 2025
Conflict Resolution
Conflict is a serious disagreement of opinion with another person or an argumentative incompatibility of opinions and principles.
September 16, 2025
e-Team Report, March 1, 2013
Guffey Calls for Renewed Resolve to Support the Postal Service Protection Act Prefund Mandate Accounts for 95% of Postal Losses Election Rigging Comin...