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September 16, 2020
Harassment is Against the Law
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Harassment is a form of employment discrimina...
September 16, 2020
What You Need to Know About Mammograms
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Membership in an APWU Health Plan has you cov...
September 16, 2020
New Policies are an Organizing Opportunity
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) As concerned postal workers, we have been hea...
September 16, 2020
Disability Rates of Veterans with Dependents
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Although most veterans are aware that they ar...
September 16, 2020
The People are Proving We’re no “Joke”
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) It is no joke when the U.S. President calls u...
September 8, 2020
Upcoming Webinars *Updated 9/22*
The Industrial Relations Department will be holding a series of Webinars during the months of September and October for national and local leaders, st...
September 1, 2020
Update on National Arbitration “End of Day” Case
In the July/August 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine, the Clerk Craft reported that the remedy settlement hearing for the Article 1.6....
August 31, 2020
MVS Craft Initiates National Dispute Re: Unilateral Implementation of FMCSA Clearinghouse Consent Form and Program
On August 28, the MVS craft initiated a National Step 4 Dispute contesting the Postal Service’s unilateral implementation of work requirements related...
August 28, 2020
APWU Members Rally With Community to Demand Congress Save the Post Office
On Tuesday, headlines from news outlets across the country read: “Postal Workers Day of Action.” As the country continues to rise up in defense of the...
August 28, 2020
Retroactive Pay Scheduled
The retroactive pay (also called back-pay) due under the terms of the 2018-2021 Collective Bargaining Agreement is scheduled to be in paychecks dated...
August 19, 2020
Regarding PMG DeJoy Temporarily Suspending Some Recent Policy Decisions
Postmaster General DeJoy’s mid-July implementation of a series of new policies slowed down and delayed the mail. These included the arbitrary cancelin...
August 7, 2020
Briefing: Why We Need the Postal Service
Legislative & Political Director Judy Beard appeared on a panel convened by the Institute for Policy Studies. The group explained why we need to save...
August 6, 2020
Secretary-Treasurer Elizabeth “Liz” Powell Honored with Shirley Chisholm Breakthrough Leader Award
On July 30, Secretary-Treasurer Elizabeth “Liz” Powell was honored with the 2020 Shirley Chisholm Breakthrough Leader Award, named after the “unbought...
August 5, 2020
President Dimondstein on PBS News Hour
With the election nearing and many parts of the U.S. in the grips of COVID-19, mail-in ballots have become a prominent issue. But President Trump has...
August 4, 2020
Don’t Give Them Your “Postal Pulse”
The USPS is once again starting their attempts to get their employees “engaged”. It is Postal Pulse time again! Most likely you have received emails,...
August 4, 2020
Responding to the NLRB Training Webinars: August 13, 2020
The Industrial Relations Department will be conducting two important webinars on August 13, 2020. The webinars are scheduled at times that should allo...
August 3, 2020
Statement from APWU President Mark Dimondstein on U.S. President Donald Trump’s Advocating Postponement of November Presidential Election
Over the last four months, U.S. President Donald Trump has publicly criticized “vote by mail” over seventy (70) times, claiming it leads to corruption...
July 28, 2020
APWU-USPS 2018-2021 National Collective Bargaining Agreement is available.
The electronic version is here. The hard copy is available for pre-order from the APWU Store and orders will begin shipping in August.
July 26, 2020
APWU members make almost 30,000 calls to Congress
On Thursday, July 23, APWU members and our allies made an incredible 28,156 calls to the senate. That’s a phone call every three seconds!
July 22, 2020
FMCSA Extends Policy Changes for Drivers Due to COVID-19 Pandemic
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has extended two Covid-19 notices relating to medical certifications and driver’s licenses. Cl...
July 20, 2020
Message to Members from APWU National Executive Board In Response to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s Destructive Policy Changes
The Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 is clear: “The United States Postal Service shall be operated as a basic fundamental service provided to the peo...
July 13, 2020
Extension of COVID-19 MOUs
In order to continue to protecting the safety and health of our members, President Mark Dimondstein and USPS VP of Labor Relations Doug Tulino agreed...
July 13, 2020
Memorandum of Understanding Re: LMOUs for Offices Without a Local Union Structure
The parties negotiated and agreed to a Memorandum of Understanding Re: LMOUs for Offices Without a Local Union Structure that calls for the parties at...
July 9, 2020
Legislative & Political Hatch Act Training
The Legislative & Political Department will be hosting a Hatch Act Zoom Training Webinar on July 22, 2020 at 2:00 PM EST. The upcoming 2020 Election i...
July 8, 2020
Work Year List
The APWU and the USPS have agreed to the work year list for the term of the 2018-2021 National Agreement. Work years (formally known as man-years) is...
July 7, 2020
Postal Service Emergency Assistance Act, S. 4174
On July 2nd, Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Diane Feinstein (D-CA) introduced the Postal Service Emergency Assistance Act, S. 4174. This legislati...
July 1, 2020
A Common Goal
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) APWU is not alone in our fight to secure funding fo...
July 1, 2020
Pandemic Underscores Need for Postal Banking
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) The modern movement for postal banking in the Unite...
July 1, 2020
APWU Human Relations Director Sue Carney Retires
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) On June 15, the APWU and the United Kingdom’s Commu...
July 1, 2020
Labor News
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Supreme Court Rules Workers Cannot Be Fired on Basi...