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August 23, 2019
Big Changes Coming to TSP Withdrawal Options
On September 15, big changes are coming to your Thrift Savings Plan withdrawal options. You’ll be gaining options of how and when you can access money...
August 19, 2019
House Majority Supports H.R. 2382
On August 16, the USPS Fairness Act (H.R. 2382) achieved a bipartisan majority of cosponsors. This critical milestone is the direct result of a succes...
August 19, 2019
Interest Arbitration Panel for New Contract Appointed
Arbitrator Stephen B. Goldberg has been appointed as the impartial chair of the tri-partite interest arbitration panel and scheduled the opening day o...
August 16, 2019
Tampa Area Retiree Chapter Members Meet with Congressman Charlie Crist
On August 9th, members of the Tampa Area Retiree Chapter were joined by Congressman Charlie Crist in St. Petersburg, FL as they celebrated the anniver...
August 15, 2019
Retirees: Online Applications for Holiday Temp Jobs Due Sept. 2, 2019
Time is running short for APWU retirees who are interested in applying for temporary positions as Holiday Clerk Assistants: Online Applications are du...
August 12, 2019
New MS-1 Settlement and Implementation
On Aug. 8, the Maintenance Craft reached a settlement with the USPS regarding Handbook MS-1, TL-5 and TL-6 Revisions and Related Maintenance Managemen...
August 5, 2019
Senate Approves New Members of the Board of Governors and the Postal Regulatory Commission
The Senate confirmed three appointees to the Board of Governors on Thursday, August 1, before adjourning for the summer recess. Ron Bloom, Roman Marti...
August 2, 2019
Texas AFL-CIO Passes Resolution to Support the Public Postal Service
On July 26, the Texas AFL-CIO adopted the resolution Fight to Save the Postal Service at their 60th Constitutional Convention. The resolution was intr...
August 1, 2019
Puerto Rico Governor Resigns Following Massive Protests
On Tuesday, July 23 an estimated 500,000 people filled the streets of Puerto Rico’s capital San Juan, demanding the immediate resignation of Governor...
July 25, 2019
Message to the PMG – Not So Fast!!
APWU National Executive Board Counters Postal Management’s Cut and Slash ‘Business’ Plan with the Union’s ‘Service’ Plan (This article first appeared...
July 25, 2019
Attacks on the Universal Service Obligation – A Backdoor to Privatization?
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) The mission statement of A Grand Alliance points...
July 25, 2019
The Role of Industrial Relations
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) You spend much of your time at work. You interac...
July 25, 2019
Contract Mediation Ends, Interest Arbitration Next
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) “We invoked mediation to make sure we pursued ever...
July 25, 2019
What to Know About Pregnancy Discrimination
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Pregnancy discrimination in the workplace is when...
July 25, 2019
Activists Push for Cleveland Pilot Program
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) On May 30, postal workers in Cleveland, OH had a...
July 25, 2019
Our Advantage is in Our Numbers – Let’s Use It
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Negotiation Goals The Clerk Craft’s goals during c...
July 25, 2019
OIG Agrees with APWU, Postal Service Building Maintenance is Unsatisfactory
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) The Postal Service is adamant in their attempts to...
July 25, 2019
Self-Driving Trucks Pilot Tests
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Autonomous technology and self-driving trucks have...
July 25, 2019
It’s Time for the Postal Service to Respect Their Workers
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) The APWU and the Postal Service were not able to c...
July 25, 2019
Update: Hatch Act Dispute
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) In Nov. 2017, the APWU filed a dispute over the Po...
July 25, 2019
Knowledge, Awareness, and Vigilance
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) While our leaders continue fighting for a fair con...
July 25, 2019
From PSE to Full-Time Career: Retirement Buy Back
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) On May 2, the Federal Retirement Fairness Act was...
July 25, 2019
What Does it Take?
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Most postal workers come to work, clock-in and do...
July 25, 2019
Shop Steward’s Training Flash Drive
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) The ‘Shop Steward’s Training Flash Drive’ is a com...
July 25, 2019
Stress Claims
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) If you are feeling stressed, you are not alone. It...
July 25, 2019
Blue Water
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) In June, the Blue Water Veterans Act unanimously p...
July 25, 2019
Organizing with the APWU Health Plan
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) We have been engaged in an effort to assist our lo...
July 25, 2019
APWU Retirees Still Fighting for Justice
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) The APWU Retirees Department is mourning the sudde...
July 25, 2019
Postal Workers and Allies Flood Congress with Calls for “Postal Service Fairness”
Thousands of APWU members joined our nationwide phone action on Tuesday, July 23 to tell Congress to fix a bad law that has put our public Postal Serv...
July 24, 2019
Members Are Asking…
Members have legitimate questions and deserve factual answers. “Why are we facing interest arbitration for a new contract when there was a tentative a...