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April 3, 2026
e-Team Report, Oct. 20, 2011
Make Your Voice Clear to Your Members of Congress — Call Them Today! Senator Mikulski Introduces the “Save Our Postal Workers Jobs Act” Attention Needed to the Hatch Act Study Show Millions Will Be Affected By Changes in...
April 3, 2026
Our Retail Units Are Not for Sale!
(This article appears in the March/April 2014 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) As the old adage says, “the handwriting is on the wall!” The message, “privatize America’s Postal Service,” is in bold print.
April 3, 2026
Dispute Filed Over USPS Failure to Create Bargaining Unit Jobs at Greensboro HRSSC
The APWU has filed a national-level dispute over the Postal Service's failure to create bargaining unit positions at the Human Resources Shared Services Center (HRSSC) in Greensboro, NC. The union contends, among other t...
April 3, 2026
Casual Compliance Reports Archive
This page contains casual compliance reports from pay periods covered by the provisions of the 2000-2006 Collective Bargaining Agreement. See the 2000 contract for the applicable provisions of Article 7.1.B.
April 3, 2026
e-Team Report, Nov. 13, 2012
Lame Duck Congress and the Fiscal Cliff Send Congress a Message Meet the 113th Congress Growing Vacancies on Board of Governors Hurricane Sandy
April 3, 2026
IRS Form 990, 990 EZ, and 990-N Rule Changes
April 3, 2026
House Resolution 111: Leave No Man Behind
As of 2005, approximately 89,000 servicemen remain missing from all American wars since World War II. As unionists, we enforce contracts. It is time as citizens we mandate our government to honor the contract it signed w...
April 3, 2026
Dispute Over USPS FMLA Recertification Requirements Appealed to Arbitration
The APWU has appealed to arbitration a dispute over the Postal Service's policy of requiring employees to automatically submit new medical certification for an FMLA-covered condition simply because the leave year has end...
April 3, 2026
e-Team Report, Oct. 25, 2013
Send Congress a Letter: Don’t Destroy the Postal Service Facility Closures Wreak Havoc for Consumer-to-Business Mailing Lest We Forget – The True Impact of the Shutdown
April 3, 2026
The Boycott is Still On!
In an effort to derail the 'Don't Buy Staples' campaign, which has been endorsed by the AFL-CIO, the American Federation of Teachers and many major labor organizations, in July Staples and the USPS announced an end to th...
April 3, 2026
Updated list of 8,000 HCR Routes for Possible Conversion to PVS Routes
The USPS recently provided the APWU with a list of approximately 8,000 HCRs (Highway Contract Routes) for review. Unfortunately, management did not mark or identify what was new versus what was sent in a list of 4,000 H...
April 3, 2026
Strengthening Life Skills
At a National Retirees Conference, which was held in October in conjunction with the All-Craft Conference, it was clear that the fight to save the Postal Service, protect postal jobs, stop post office closures, and stop...
April 3, 2026
Dispute: Consecutive Days Off
This grievance protests the establishment of Non-Traditional Full-Time (NTFT) assignments with fewer than two consecutive days off in Mail Processing and in Motor Vehicle assignments in offices of 200-man-years-or-more.
April 3, 2026
Quilting for Wounded Warriors
APWU Auxiliary member Bailey Gocke, age 15, has created a quilt – made of 1,304 squares – to help raise funds for the Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team, one of several APWU-sponsored programs to Support Our Troops an...
April 3, 2026
Wall Street Journal Profiles People Affected by Failure to Expand Medicaid…
The Affordable Care Act was meant to cover people in part by expanding Medicaid to workers earning up to the federal poverty line—about $11,670 for a single person; more for families. In addition, people earning as much...
April 3, 2026
Retirement, Early-Outs and the Incentive
Many APWU members are contemplating a momentous decision: whether to end their careers to qualify for a $15,000 incentive. Under the terms of a Sept. 28 agreement negotiated by the APWU, eligible employees who opt for re...
April 3, 2026
Donations Desperately Needed To Provide Assistance
Donations to the Postal Employees’ Relief Fund (PERF) are desperately needed to provide assistance to postal families who have been devastated by Hurricane Sandy and other disasters that occurred this past year.
April 3, 2026
Award on Terminations Due to Hiring Errors
A national arbitration award by Arbitrator Das regarding terminations initiated because of administrative errors in the hiring process discovered after the employees’ probationary periods ended.
April 3, 2026
Returning to the Union in a Non-Retiring Role
I am very pleased to have been appointed to the job of Retirees Director. I sincerely thank President Burrus for this opportunity, and I look forward to continuing the outstanding work of my predecessor, John R. Smith.
April 3, 2026
Efforts to Reduce Ergonomic Injuries Show Positive Results
Postal Service employees are experiencing fewer ergonomic injuries since the formation of an OSHA-organized labor/management partnership in 2003.
April 3, 2026
e-Team Report, June 15, 2012
April 3, 2026
Kids Camp: Where the Impossible Becomes Possible
It’s been a little more than two years since we first introduced you to the Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team. All of the players made sacrifices on the battlefield, and as a team they have inspired thousands with th...
April 3, 2026
MVS Appeals Tool and Parts Clerk Case to Arbitration
The MVS Division has appealed to national-level arbitration [PDF] a Step 4 Dispute protesting the Postal Service’s unilateral elimination of the Tool and Parts Clerk position. The union’s 15-Day Statement of Issues and F...
April 3, 2026
Retirement Systems Modernization
Among the most difficult decisions that employees have to make are those regarding retirement. Many APWU members wait too long to gather and study the information needed to make good post-career choices.
April 3, 2026
NRP Grievances Pending National-Level Grievances
Director of Industrial Relations Mike Morris has clarified the types of local- and regional-level grievances regarding the National Reassessment Process (NRP) that should be held in abeyance pending the outcome of Step 4...
April 3, 2026
e-Team Report, Sept. 30, 2011
Postal Unions Rally All Across the Country for H.R. 1351 McCain Introduces Version Of Issa’s Bill in the Senate Multiple U. S. Reps. Introduce Postal Legislation APWU President Guffey on MSNBC’s Ed Show and CSPAN H.R. 13...
April 3, 2026
Planning Ahead: Preparing for 2015 Contract Negotiations
The Collective Bargaining Agreement, the union contract between the American Postal Workers Union and the United States Postal Service, expires in May 2015. Negotiations with the USPS will begin 90 days prior, in Februar...
April 3, 2026
Effective Time-Management
The first step in managing your time effectively is to identify your goals and priorities. You must decide what you want out of life, and what you must do to get what you want.
April 3, 2026
Promotion Charts
These charts answer the question: Upon promotion, what pay step in the promoted grade will I get?
April 3, 2026
e-Team Report, Nov. 13, 2012
APWU Celebrates Obama Victory Labor Delivers for Obama The Struggle Continues…