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May 22, 2026
MVS Settles Dispute Over Postal Operations Manual
In December 2012 the APWU resolved a long-simmering dispute with the Postal Service, involving who can drive postal vehicles, as well as other matters that affect the union’s ability to protect Motor Vehicle Craft jobs....
May 22, 2026
National Award on Attendance Control Supervisors Issuing Discipline
The issue in this case (#Q98C-4Q-C 01059241) was whether management’s use of attendance control supervisors to issue discipline for attendance-related offenses violates the National Agreement.
May 22, 2026
National Award on Attendance Control Supervisors Issuing Discipline
The issue in this case (#Q98C-4Q-C 01059241) was whether management’s use of attendance control supervisors to issue discipline for attendance-related offenses violates the National Agreement.
May 22, 2026
National Award on Validity of Step 2 Decision After Progression to Step 3
In a national-level award over the validity of a USPS Step 2 grievance decision letter issued after the grievance has progressed to Step 3, Arbitrator Dana Eischen sustained the Mail Handler Union's position that the dec...
May 22, 2026
National Reassessment Processes
There are two USPS National Reassessment Processes (NRPs), each with a unique set of guidelines. It’s helpful to understand the differences.
May 22, 2026
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...
May 22, 2026
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.
May 22, 2026
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.
May 22, 2026
New FECA Regulations
An exhaustive list of new regulations that change the administrative policies of the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act (FECA) went into effect on Aug. 29, 2011. These are the first revisions since 1999. Although these...
May 22, 2026
New FMLA Rules Effective January 16
The APWU has been meeting with the Postal Service regarding the implementation of changes to the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) – changes the Bush Administration implemented just four days before President Bush leav...
May 22, 2026
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,...
May 22, 2026
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,...
May 22, 2026
New Toolkit Now Available
I'm pleased to report that a new organizing toolkit is now available to help APWU officers, organizations and members sign-up our co-workers who haven't yet joined the APWU! The new kit includes a Welcome Book, a brochur...
May 22, 2026
New Toolkit Now Available
I'm pleased to report that a new organizing toolkit is now available to help APWU officers, organizations and members sign-up our co-workers who haven't yet joined the APWU! The new kit includes a Welcome Book, a brochur...
May 22, 2026
New USPS “Observation of Work Practices” Forms Appealed to Arbitration
The APWU has appealed to national level arbitration the creation of two new USPS "Observation of Work Practices" forms.
May 22, 2026
News for Annuitants
The Retirees Department often is asked about deferred retirement for workers who are covered by the Federal Employees Retirement System, the counterpart to the older Civil Service Retirement System.
May 22, 2026
News for Annuitants
The Retirees Department often is asked about deferred retirement for workers who are covered by the Federal Employees Retirement System, the counterpart to the older Civil Service Retirement System.
May 22, 2026
No Change in USPS Attitudes
The old adage, “the more things change, the more they stay the same,” definitely applies to USPS managers.
May 22, 2026
No Change in USPS Attitudes
The old adage, “the more things change, the more they stay the same,” definitely applies to USPS managers.
May 22, 2026
No Consensus So Far on Extension of Unemployment Benefits
Negotiations to extend emergency benefits for the long-term jobless came to a standstill in the Senate on Tuesday. That leaves more than 1.4 million people without federal unemployment aid at least until late January, wh...
May 22, 2026
No Consensus So Far on Extension of Unemployment Benefits
Negotiations to extend emergency benefits for the long-term jobless came to a standstill in the Senate on Tuesday. That leaves more than 1.4 million people without federal unemployment aid at least until late January, wh...
May 22, 2026
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May 22, 2026
NRLCA Award on Review and Concurrence
A National Rural Letter Carriers Association (NRLCA) award in which the arbitrator found that Article 16.6 of the USPS-NRLCA National Agreement, which is not materially different from Article 16.8 of the USPS-APWU Nation...
May 22, 2026
NRLCA Award on Review and Concurrence
A National Rural Letter Carriers Association (NRLCA) award in which the arbitrator found that Article 16.6 of the USPS-NRLCA National Agreement, which is not materially different from Article 16.8 of the USPS-APWU Nation...
May 22, 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...
May 22, 2026
Nurses Interest-Arbitration Scheduled
Arguments over disputed contract issues for postal nurses will be heard by an interest arbitrator beginning March 23. The National Postal Professional Nurses-APWU contract expired Aug. 20, 2007, and the union and the Pos...
May 22, 2026
Nurses Interest-Arbitration Scheduled
Arguments over disputed contract issues for postal nurses will be heard by an interest arbitrator beginning March 23. The National Postal Professional Nurses-APWU contract expired Aug. 20, 2007, and the union and the Pos...
May 22, 2026
Nurses’ Contract Headed for Interest Arbitration
The union and the Postal Service have agreed to submit to an interest arbitrator disputed contract issues for APWU-represented postal nurses. The Collective Bargaining Agreement between the National Postal Professional N...
May 22, 2026
Nurses’ Contract Headed for Interest Arbitration
The union and the Postal Service have agreed to submit to an interest arbitrator disputed contract issues for APWU-represented postal nurses. The Collective Bargaining Agreement between the National Postal Professional N...
May 22, 2026
NY Gov. Candidate Astorino: Let Seniors Eat Soup, and They Won’t Need Dentures
This past Monday, Republican/Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino formed an exploratory Committee to run for New York Governor against Andrew Cuomo (D). The New York Daily News covered it by reporting on an intervie...