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December 21, 2025
New Diseases Associated With Agent Orange
Those of you who served in Vietnam should know that the list of illnesses that the Veterans Administration is accepting as possibly being related to exposure to Agent Orange is growing.
December 21, 2025
Management and Privatizers: Reading from the Same Script
Instead of developing a strategy to preserve the Postal Service in the digital age, top management executives have been undermining public confidence in the USPS — angering communities and lowering employee morale with p...
December 21, 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 education via FAFSA, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid.
December 21, 2025
e-Team Report, Feb. 10, 2013
APWU Condemns USPS Plans to Cut Service Guffey to Testify on Postal Finances 20 Years Later, The Family Medical Leave Act is Protecting Workers
December 21, 2025
Award on Closing of Medical Units
Arbitrator Linda Byars denied the APWU’s grievance over the Postal Service’s closing of medical/health units in postal facilities.
December 21, 2025
December 21, 2025
Casual Compliance Reports
Casual Compliance Reports are provided to the union on an accounting-period basis so that the APWU can monitor management’s adherence to Article 7.1.B. of the National Agreement. These reports are listed in reverse chron...
December 21, 2025
Maintenance Job Training Selection
Local management may not use non-scheduled days as a criterion for Maintenance Craft job training selection, because doing so limits the number of potential applicants and excludes viable candidates.
December 21, 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 workers and wrong for America. These laws make it optional for workers cove...
December 21, 2025
Post Offices on the Auction Block
The APWU has long warned that the pro-privatization agenda being advanced by USPS executives and right-wing legislators is a big-time rip off for citizens and businesses that rely on the mail.
December 21, 2025
e-Team Report, Oct. 28, 2011
Sign the Petition! Urge Your Member of Congress to Oppose H.R. 2309! Republican Presidential Candidates Support Efforts of Governor to End Collective Bargaining for State Public Sector Workers House Committee Again Looks...
December 21, 2025
Dispute Over Subcontracting AMC Work
The APWU recently initiated a Step 4 dispute over the Postal Service’s proposal to subcontract bargaining unit work (tender and receipt of mail) at 14 Air Mail Centers/Facilities.
December 21, 2025
Veterans’ Assistance And Resource Committee
To provide additional assistance and to keep our members informed about issues that affect them, the Human Relations Department has created a Veterans' Assistance and Resource Committee. The committee has been tasked to...
December 21, 2025
Life Coaching Is Here
Life Coaching is a new, innovative resource that’s available to postal employees and their families through the Employees Assistance Program (EAP). Life Coaching is not counseling or therapy; it’s a program designed to f...
December 21, 2025
Arbitrator: Maximization Provision Only Applies to Work Hours of PTFs
A recent national arbitration award by Arbitrator Linda Byars found that the Postal Service does not have an obligation to combine the hours of all non-full-time employees, i.e. part-time regular, part-time flexible, tra...
December 21, 2025
Celebrating Older Americans
For the second year in a row, the APWU National Executive Board has adopted a resolution proclaiming May “Older Americans Month.” The board action recognizes the contributions retirees make to strengthen our activist-bas...
December 21, 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, and several factors can cause blood pressure to be dangerously high r...
December 21, 2025
e-Team Report, July 15, 2011
Union Busting Buried Within Issa’s Postal Reform Bill AFL-CIO Urges Senators to Delete Section Of Senate Bill 1010 in Order to Support Fair and Free Collective Bargaining for Postal Workers Democratic Governors Associat...
December 21, 2025
Know Your Rights on the Job
Some USPS supervisors seem to enjoy issuing discipline. In many post offices, it appears that the more discipline supervisors issue, the higher they are promoted.
December 21, 2025
e-Team Report, July 21, 2012
"The House’s Failure to Act Is Disgraceful" Guffey Blasts House Leaders Health Care Spending Cuts Facebook
December 21, 2025
The Postal Service’s Credibility Deficit
The decision by Postmaster General Patrick Donohoe to accelerate the consolidation of more than 70 mail processing plants that were originally scheduled for 2014 underscores the urgency of our struggle to get Congress to...
December 21, 2025
Award on Appeal Date for Dispute Over Contract Postal Units
In a recent national arbitration award, Arbitrator Linda Byars rejected management's claim that our dispute over Contract Postal Units wasn't required to be placed on the national arbitration docket using the date the or...
December 21, 2025
An Opportunity to Earn a Degree
Because so much of the work can be done online, union members, officers, retirees, and staff can earn Bachelor of Arts degrees (B.A.), from the National Labor College (NLC) while continuing to hold full-time jobs, virtua...
December 21, 2025
Contract Wage Increase Affects Dues
A salary increase negotiated in the form of an upgrade in the 2006-2010 Collective Bargaining Agreement will take effect Feb. 16. In accordance with Article 16, Section 2(a) of the APWU Constitution and Bylaws, this will...
December 21, 2025
e-Team Report, Jan 13, 2012
Republican Presidential Candidate Speaks In Favor of Right to Work in SC Multiple Republican Presidential Candidates Make Insensitive Statements More Successful Vote-By-Mail Programs Congressman Cummings Discusses Upcom...
December 21, 2025
Attend a Pre-Convention Workshop
The Research & Education Department is proud to announce that the APWU is sponsoring its 14th Educational Conference, a National Convention event that provides union members with a wealth of information to take home to t...
December 21, 2025
Dues Check-Off Printout
The Dues Check-Off (DCO) printout — sent to each local and state union — is a list of members who are having dues withheld.
December 21, 2025
New APWU FMLA Forms Available
The APWU's FMLA forms have been updated to meet revised certification requirements that took effect Jan. 16, 2009. The forms have also been renumbered. APWU Form 1 is for leave for an employee's own serious health condit...
December 21, 2025
Talks Begin, Initial Proposals Presented
In preparation for contract negotiations, the National Postal Professional Nurses-APWU and the Postal Service exchanged initial proposals for a new collective bargaining agreement on Monday, Sept. 10. The contract betwee...
December 21, 2025
Award on Use of “Kelly Girls”
A national-level award by Arbitrator Das on the Postal Service’s use of temporary agency employees.