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January 11, 2021
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) The following Memorandum of Understanding betw...
January 11, 2021
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Diabetes is a disorder of your metabolism. The...
January 11, 2021
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is wor...
January 11, 2021
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) There is unfinished business in 2021. The legi...
January 11, 2021
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Organizing is our union’s strength and essenti...
January 11, 2021
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence...
January 8, 2021
The Research and Education Department is sponsoring a series of Zoom Trainings for local and state officers and shop stewards in February 2021. The l...
January 7, 2021
On January 6th and 7th, members of Congress carried out their Constitutional responsibility and certified the state-by-state election results of the 2...
January 4, 2021
We have entered the new year and, with it, a flurry of Congressional activity. Following the passage of H.R. 113, Coronavirus Response and Relief S...
December 28, 2020
On December 27, 2020, after months of political gridlock, the President signed into law another sweeping COVID relief bill, which included vital fundi...
December 24, 2020
Postal Management and the American Postal Workers Union signed a major Memorandum of Understanding to help address the chronic understaffing at mail p...
December 24, 2020
For APWU members planning on retiring at the end of the year, you may be affected by limitations to the annual leave carryover.
December 11, 2020
The Research and Education Department is sponsoring a series of Zoom Training for local and state officers and shop stewards in the months of January...
December 8, 2020
On November 26 and 27, an astonishing 250 million people took to the streets in India for a two-day general strike. The strike, by some estimates the...
December 2, 2020
On December 1, 2020, Arbitrator Joseph M. Sharnoff issued a decision confirming Clerk Craft jurisdiction over operation of the Small Parcel Sorting Sy...
December 2, 2020
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpted...
December 1, 2020
Earlier this summer, MVS announced a National Dispute on the Postal Service’s unilateral implementation of Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration...
November 30, 2020
Eastern Region MVS National Business Agent (NBA) Francis (Frank) McMullin has resigned, after a little over two months in office. Garrett Langley of...
November 30, 2020
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) In the face of continuous attacks on the Po...
November 25, 2020
On November 23, the National MVS Craft Division came to agreement with the USPS on a class action Step-4 dispute regarding PVS Costs, case no. Q10V-4Q...
November 20, 2020
The Clerk Craft has been preparing for arbitration hearings in December that will cover two issues – 1) the Postmaster End of Day (PMEOD) button remed...
November 20, 2020
Reminder, in accordance with Article 8, sections 4 and 5, of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, penalty overtime rules are not applicable for a cons...
November 19, 2020
On November 17, APWU members and community allies came together in virtual and in-person events across the country to reaffirm our demands for $25 bil...
November 17, 2020
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) As 2020 comes to an end, we reflect on the ma...
November 17, 2020
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Who would have thought what we considered the...
November 17, 2020
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) A salary increase that was negotiated as part...
November 17, 2020
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) A changing political landscape offers new opp...
November 17, 2020
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) As part of World Day for Decent Work on Oct....
November 17, 2020
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
November 17, 2020
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) The past four years have been perhaps the mos...