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December 21, 2025
Supplemental Award on Remedy in Sunday Premium Case
In this award, Arbitrator Das denied the APWU's position that his Sunday Premium Award (see Union Wins Another Sunday Premium Case below) should be applied retroactively to all employees on a nationwide basis.
December 21, 2025
e-Team Report, April 17, 2012
Senate to Consider Postal Bill Today, April 17
December 21, 2025
New NPPN Pay Scale
The NPPN interest-arbitration award, issued April 28, 2009, granted five raises in the contract, which concludes on Aug. 10, 2012. Two raises were implemented retroactively, with a 3.3 percent increase effective Aug. 18,...
December 21, 2025
December 21, 2025
MSPB Rules in Favor Of APWU War Hero, USPS Appeals
One of the highest-ranking National Guard noncommissioned officers in the Army’s Special Forces won a hard-fought battle to regain his job in December — 12 years after he was improperly fired by the Postal Service. Disgr...
December 21, 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 among many Motor Vehicle Craft union members. While the name has changed,...
December 21, 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 Postal Service’s Prefunding Deadline Congressman Introduces Two Pieces...
December 21, 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 as it relates to the limitations on casual employee assignments.
December 21, 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 duty National Reassessment Program (NRP) nationwide, District by Distr...
December 21, 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 Understanding (MOU) signed by President William Burrus on Jan. 15, 200...
December 21, 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 almost always women.
December 21, 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 While, Other States Prepare to Change and Educate Public about New Law...
December 21, 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.
December 21, 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 been working long hours and have traveled extensively. I am pleased to r...
December 21, 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.
December 21, 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 a heavy dose of misinformation along with analysis that is biased in...
December 21, 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 duties, despite large-scale abolishments in 1994.
December 21, 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 available or that there is no work available, should consider applying f...
December 21, 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. A recent decision by the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) should...
December 21, 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 and ergonomic issues associated with the Delivery Bar Code Sorter (DCBS...
December 21, 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 the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program by about $155 million, an...
December 21, 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 of FSM 1000 machines, and challenging management’s failure to notify th...
December 21, 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 consolidation or closure has sparked great concern across the country. Retail emp...
December 21, 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 creation and data entry operations. The change does not affect how workers ma...
December 21, 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 younger people with disabilities.
December 21, 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 enterprise Resource Management System (eRMS).
December 21, 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.
December 21, 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 clock.” After a review with APWU’s general counsel, the following repre...
December 21, 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 affairs and to participate in:
December 21, 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 recess before completing the people’s business. Rep. Frank (D-MA) poin...