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December 21, 2025
For Active Reservists and National Guard Differential Pay, At Last
In February, the Postal Service notified the APWU that it was finally ready to comply with its obligation to grant “differential pay” to employees who have been called to active duty since March 14, 2009.
December 21, 2025
Be Informed About Medicare
issues/joinstay-involvedMedicare Open Season is Jan. 1 through March 31 for those who have missed their regular enrollment period. Eligible postal employees and retirees are encouraged to look into the benefits of enroll...
December 21, 2025
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...
December 21, 2025
e-Team Report, Jan. 11, 2013
Hilda Solis Out as Labor Secretary “Leonard Montalto Post Office Building” 113th Congress by the Numbers Share the Wealth
December 21, 2025
Protect Your FMLA and USERRA Rights
The APWU has received complaints from union members recently of instances where the Postal Service is violating their rights under federal law, most notably the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) and the Uniform...
December 21, 2025
Make a Donation Today!
All monetary donations should be made payable to APWU (Supports Our Troops and Veterans) — indicate in the memo on your check or money order which Support Our Troops program you are contributing to. Donations received th...
December 21, 2025
PSE Pay, Sunday Premium
For many years part-time flexibles ( PTFS ) have questioned why their overtime rates of pay were calculated differently than full-time employees. Now we have Postal Support Employees (PSEs), and their overtime rates are...
December 21, 2025
Sunday Premium Settlement
A pre-arbitration settlement (USPS #Q98C-4Q-C 00165413 and Q98C-4Q-C 00152463) reversing changes to the Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM) that eliminated the payment of Sunday premium for hours not actually worke...
December 21, 2025
Premium Conversion Legislation for Retirees
On July 16 - more than three years after the legislation was first introduced - the House Civil Service and Agency Reorganization Subcommittee approved Rep. Tom Davis' (R-VA) bill to allow federal and military retirees t...
December 21, 2025
Another Survey Suggests U.S. Middle Class is Falling Behind
While income gains for the richest Americans are outpacing their global peers, The New York Times reports that lower- and middle- income tiers in other advanced nations have made greater gains over the last three decades...
December 21, 2025
Survey Says: Most Americans Oppose Plant Closures
I have always been skeptical of surveys conducted by the Postal Service, because they seem to be designed to generate responses that would justify cutting service, closing postal facilities, or reducing employees’ pay. B...
December 21, 2025
Award on Casuals Working Tour Two
In a national-level award, Arbitrator Shyam Das has ruled that Tour 1 casuals may continue to work past 5 a.m., concluding that the intent of the 2006-2010 Collective Bargaining Agreement is to prevent management from as...
December 21, 2025
Half-Mile Move Prompts DHL Demand: ‘Re-Apply for Your Job
Shipping giant DHL is closing down a processing center near Allentown, PA, and opening a new facility, also near Allentown, PA. In fact, the two workplaces are a half-mile apart, which has not prevented the company from...
December 21, 2025
2012 Death on the Job Report
The AFL-CIO Safety and Health Department released its 2012 Death on the Job Report May 2, 2012. The final fatality data reported 4,690 fatal work injuries in 2010, up from 4,551 in 2009 and an increase in the fatality ra...
December 21, 2025
e-Team Report, March 2, 2012
Cutbacks at the U.S. Postal Service Kicking the Transportation Bill Down the Road If Postal Service Ax Delivery Standards, Will Elections Suffer?
December 21, 2025
‘Stop Staples’ Campaign Gets Off to a Strong Start
A trial program that put postal counters in 82 Staples stores — staffed with low-paid, non-union Staples employees — is a ‘direct assault on postal jobs and public postal services,’ the union has declared. The ‘Stop Stap...
December 21, 2025
DOT Tractor-Trailer Drug and Alcohol Testing Policy
USPS employees who operate tractor-trailers and 7-ton and 9-ton trucks, as well as mechanics who repair them, fall under the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation(DOT) regarding drug and alcohol testing, in ac...
December 21, 2025
EEOC Upholds Class Action
On May 30, 2008, in the case of Sandra McConnell et al v. United States Postal Service, an Administrative Judge (AJ) for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) certified a class action complaint alleging that...
December 21, 2025
USPS Unveils Prescription Drug Card for Workplace Injuries
The USPS has announced a voluntary prescription drug card program for employees who suffer workplace injuries or illnesses. According to the Postal Service, employees who choose to participate in the program will submit...
December 21, 2025
e-Team Report, July 8, 2011
APWU to Launch TV Ad Campaign to Correct Deception about need for USPS “Bailout” along with Kicking Off Organizing Drive H.R. 1351 Cosponsor List Continues to Grow However, More Cosponsors Still Needed! NLRB Proposed Rul...
December 21, 2025
Don’t Outsource Postal Services
(Op ed by APWU President Mark Dimondstein in the Albuquerque Journal) As the United States Postal Service confronts a changing future, those of us who work for the agency agree with the goals stated in a recent Albuquer...
December 21, 2025
Telemarketing Scam Protection
Consumers lose billions of dollars a year to telemarketing fraud. That’s why the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) encourages you to be skeptical about phone solicitations, and to be aware of a law that helps protect agains...
December 21, 2025
Dispute Initiated Over New Electronic Form For Reporting Accidents
The Postal Service's improper creation, handling and utilization of a new electronic PS Form 1769 for reporting accidents is the subject of a recently initiated national dispute.
December 21, 2025
e-Team Report, Oct. 11, 2013
John Marcotte Elected Legislative & Political Director Representatives Co-Sponsor Resolution Supporting Federal Workers What do the Government Shutdown and Privatizing the Postal Service Have in Common? Minnesotans Exp...
December 21, 2025
A Formula for Success
Effective Chapters + More Members = Strength in Numbers to Protect Benefits.
December 21, 2025
Stop the Cycle of Violence!
Many people believe that domestic violence is a private matter, but it’s not. It is a critical problem that affects us all. Domestic violence occurs in every community, and in workplaces and schools across the country. T...
December 21, 2025
Dispute Initiated Over Revisions to Contract Postal Unit Handbook
The Union has initiated a national dispute over the issuance of a new Publication 156, "Postal Employees Guide to Contract Postal Units", that replaces the Handbook AS-707-F, "Contracting for Contract Postal Units."
December 21, 2025
e-Team Report, Jan. 29, 2014
Emergency Alert: Call Your Senator No Later Than Tuesday, Feb. 4th, 2014!
December 21, 2025
PMG’s Demands: Bad for Postal Workers
The Postmaster General and the USPS are lobbying Congress. What are they asking legislators to do? Reduce letter delivery to five days per week; Deny new hires a “defined benefit” retirement (pension) plan; Force injured...
December 21, 2025
Host Fundraiser Events and Involve The Membership
In addition to approved general treasury donations, many APWU organizations have also taken the initiative to host fundraising events to support APWU Support Our Troops programs. Such events have included auctions, picni...