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October 8, 2025
Jonathan Smith Elected APWU National President
October 7, 2025
APWU 2025 All Craft Conference Begins
On Monday, Oct. 6, the APWU 2025 All-Craft Conference began. The Clerk, Maintenance, Motor Vehicle Service (MVS), and Support Services Divisions of the APWU came together in Las Vegas to discuss important updates and tra...
October 6, 2025
APWU Young Members’ Conference Convenes
October 6, 2025
APWU Calls for Action to End the Government Shutdown
October 6, 2025
National Officer Elections Live Ballot Count To Begin
October 6, 2025
Legislative Conference Prepares Members to “Fight for Our Future”
October 5, 2025
Exhibit Hall Opens for APWU All-Craft Conference
October 5, 2025
Secretary-Treasurers’ Training Opens 2025 All-Craft Conference
October 2, 2025
Historic Settlement Reached on TACS Duties
October 1, 2025
Federal Government Shutdown – Postal Workers NOT Impacted
October 1, 2025
Support Services Division Announces 2026 Annual Leave Exchange and Carryover MOUs
September 30, 2025
2024-2027 LMOU For Offices Without a Local Union Structure Posted
September 29, 2025
e-Team Report, Jan. 25, 2013
State Efforts Chipping Away at Union Membership, Especially for Public Sector Workers Debt Ceiling Temporarily Averted The Politics of Crisis and Postal Reform Forever Stamps Rising to 46 Cents Lawmakers Back Away From F...
September 26, 2025
It Pays to Have a Union – APWU-Secured COLA in Paychecks Today
September 19, 2025
Maintenance Part-Time Regular Conversions Announced
September 12, 2025
The Struggles That Unite Us
(This article appeared in the September/October 2025 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) On a cloudy August day outside Washington, DC’s National Airport, flight attendants from regional airline, PSA, walked th...
September 12, 2025
Vote in the 2025 Election of National Union Officers
Ballots for the 2025 Election of APWU National Officers will be mailed to members’ homes, along with the election magazine, on Wednesday, Sept. 10-15. All members in good standing as of June 13, 2025, will receive a ball...
September 11, 2025
Honored to Serve: Thank You for Your Trust
(This article appeared in the September/October 2025 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) As I embark on my third term as your APWU Health Plan Director, I will continue my commitment to serving you, the members...
September 11, 2025
The New, National Retirement Security Task Force
(This article appeared in the September/October 2025 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) The National Retirement Security Task Force is the evolution of the National Windfall Elimination Provision and Governmen...
September 10, 2025
Celebrating Our Differences: We Are All Part of One American Family
(This article appeared in the September/October 2025 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) The United States has long been a melting pot of cultures, a nation built by immigrants from all corners of the globe. Fr...
September 9, 2025
It’s Not “Somebody Else’s Job”
(This article appeared in the September/October 2025 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) One of the biggest misconceptions about organizing is that it is somebody else’s job. Many think this work belongs to loc...
September 9, 2025
It is Time to Raise Your Voice and Take Action
(This article appeared in the September/October 2025 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) The new postmaster general says he is in a listening mode to learn from all of us what the Postal Service needs to succee...
September 9, 2025
Strategic Planning for Your Local
“To be proactive, you must have a strategic plan - one that considers your strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.” Secretary-Treasurer Liz Powell shares how strategic planning can lead to success for your loc...
September 9, 2025
The Importance of Accurate Data Provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics
(This article appeared in the September/October 2025 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) On Aug. 1, the U.S. president fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Director Erika McEntarfer. This job is historica...
September 9, 2025
Postal Service Implements New Field Maintenance Operation Work Order Application
(This article appeared in the September/October 2025 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) On July 9, the Postal Service notified the APWU that the Field Maintenance Operation (FMO) Work Order Application pilot w...
September 9, 2025
The Agony of Victory
(This article appeared in the September/October 2025 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) The Motor Vehicle Service (MVS) Division prevailed in two national-level arbitrations that have not been fully complied w...
September 9, 2025
September 8, 2025
Local Memorandum of Understanding Negotiations
(This article appeared in the September/October 2025 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) The APWU and USPS reached a Tentative Agreement (TA) on our Collective Bargaining Agreement on June 2, 2025, covering the...
September 8, 2025
We Must Continue to Stand Up and Fight Back!
(This article appeared in the September/October 2025 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) Following countless executive orders and the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill,” working people across the country have s...
September 8, 2025
Information Technology/Accounting Service Telework Negotiations
(This article appeared in the September/October 2025 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) On July 25, the APWU and USPS came to agreements on extending our Telework Pilot Program Memorandum of Understandings (MO...