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March 1, 2025
APWU Honors Women’s History Month
The APWU honors the contributions of American women in shaping our nation. The APWU National Executive Board met February 5-6 and adopted a proclamation to honor the women of the APWU throughout March, during Women’s His...
March 1, 2025
Maintenance Craft In-Service Open Season March 1-31, 2025
Once a year, during the month of March (March 1-31), ALL career employees may request to be tested for Maintenance Craft eligibility ratings and placement on In-Service Registers.
February 25, 2025
NY TIMES: As Trump Eyes the Postal Service, Concerns Grow Over Its Independence
President Trump’s attempt to exert more control over the U.S. Postal Service has fueled concerns that those efforts could hurt the agency’s ability to reliably deliver mail to all corners of the country, a mandate that i...
February 24, 2025
Unions Rally to Fight Back Against Illegal Postal Takeover
On Feb. 24, 2025, hundreds of union members joined together to show that workers are prepared to fight back against the proposed, illegal takeover of the United States Postal Service. Unions, including the Communications...
February 24, 2025
Pres. Dimondstein On the Airwaves Against Illegal USPS Takeover
On Friday major news outlets began reporting that President Trump plans an illegal takeover of the United States Postal Service. In response, APWU President Mark Dimondstein took to the airwaves to show what is at stake.
February 20, 2025
Statement of APWU President Mark Dimondstein on Attacks to the Public Postal Service
The Washington Post has reported that the Trump Administration will soon issue an Executive Order firing the Postal Board of Governors, and placing the United States Postal Service under the control of the Commerce Depar...
February 18, 2025
Statement of APWU President Mark Dimondstein on Postmaster General DeJoy’s Announced Departure
APWU President Mark Dimondstein provides a statement on the announced departure of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy.
February 13, 2025
February Contract Negotiations Update
The difficult battle for a new APWU contract covering the wages, benefits, and rights of 200,000 postal workers continues. This current round of bargaining has a new and complicated ingredient: during the APWU’s ongoing...
February 13, 2025
The Danger of Trump’s Plan for a Private USPS
“Make no mistake, the postal service is under attack,” President Dimondstein warns in an interview with Mother Jones. “This isn’t just about the post office—it’s about the people who depend on it, our communities, and th...
February 13, 2025
United to Defend Our Rights Against Financial Abuse
On Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025, Donald Trump’s newly appointed head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Project 2025 co-author Russell Vought announced that he had shuttered the agency’s headquarters in Was...
February 12, 2025
APWU, Unions Rally with AFGE to ‘Save Our Civil Service’
In a massive show of solidarity, AFL-CIO affiliated unions, Congressional allies, and federal workers gathered on Feb. 11 at Upper Senate Park in a rally to “Save Our Civil Service,” hosted by the American Federation of...
February 4, 2025
PRC Advisory Opinion on USPS Service Standard Changes, Warns of ‘Significant Negative Impact’
In October 2024, the United States Postal Service announced proposed changes to how it collects and distributes outgoing mail that would lengthen the delivery service standards for much of the country’s First Class Mail....
February 3, 2025
Maintenance Part-Time Regular Payout Update (February 2025)
Maintenance Director Idowu Balogun provides an update on the Maintenance PTR Settlement Payout as of February 2025.
February 3, 2025
How to Navigate to VER Plans, Optional Retirement Pages through USPS’s LiteBlue
Working in conjunction with Retirees Director Nancy Olumekor, the Industrial Relations Department has produced a presentation which provides step-by-step instructions on how active postal service employees with access to...
February 1, 2025
APWU Releases Q&As about 2025 Voluntary Early Retirement
The Voluntary Early Retirement (VER) recently announced for eligible postal workers by the Postal Service has generated many questions from the members of the APWU. The Postal Service published a list of questions and an...
January 30, 2025
House Resolution 70: Protecting the People’s Post Office
Please call APWU’s Legislative Hotline at 1-844-402-1001 to be connected to your member of Congress today, and ask them to cosponsor H. Res. 70, which expressly opposes postal privatization. Defending the people’s public...
January 21, 2025
January 17, 2025
USPS Announces Termination of FSAFEDS Accounts for 2025 Plan Year, Provides New Enrollment Option for Affected Employees
On Dec. 30, 2024, the Postal Service notified the APWU that it is informing employees who enrolled in the FSAFEDS Flexible Spending Account (FSA) for plan year 2025 that their accounts will be terminated. FSAFEDS is no l...
January 17, 2025
Postal Workers and Allies: Stop the Slowdown!
Stop the Slowdown! The Postal Service proposed plans to decrease service standards to the detriment of our communities. Here’s why hundreds of thousands members of the public are standing up and fighting back against eff...
January 17, 2025
Our Labor History: National Strike Against GE and New York Transit Strike
This month in Labor History, we look back at two major strikes that shifted their industries: the General Electric and Westinghouse nationwide strike of over 800,000 auto and steelworkers, and the New York City Transit S...
January 16, 2025
APWU Applauds Decision to Keep Local Mail Local
In November 2024, The Postal Regulatory Commission reversed course on a slew of postal consolidations, retaining local mail processing at 16 additional facilities across the U.S. This is a win for the public postal servi...
January 16, 2025
USPS Board of Governors Elects New Leadership
The USPS Board of Governors elected governor Amber F. McReyolds as a new board chair at its fourth and final meeting of 2024, Now three vacancies exist upon the expiration of Anton Hajjar's term on December 8.
January 16, 2025
Project 2025 Seeks to Undermine Public Services with Schedule F
The reinstatement of Trump’s 2020 “Schedule F” Executive Order may be on the horizon with Project 2025, reclassifying many civil servants into at-will employees without job protection. Organized labor must stand together...
January 16, 2025
January 16, 2025
USPS Fiscal Year 2024 Financial Report Highlights Need for Adaptation, Expanded Services
Volume Down, Revenue Up. The financial results of the Postal Service for the 2024 fiscal year have been announced, and the results may surprise you. While USPS remains a trusted public service, it must continue to adapt...
January 15, 2025
Preparing for Retirement
Retirees Director Nancy Olumekor urges postal workers, whether you’re 5, 10, or 30 years from retirement, to prepare by attending retirement planning seminars hosted by the APWU Retirees Department and staying abreast of...
January 15, 2025
Progress Is A Must In This New Year
Human Relations Director Daleo Freeman outlines goals for the department in 2025, including to continue trainings for locals and states, and to utilize Regional Resource Assistants to better assist locals and states with...
January 15, 2025
Understanding the Pregnancy Discrimination Act
Research & Education Director Joyce B. Robinson shares important information on the Pregnancy Discrimination Act from the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and explains what to do if you feel you are a victim...
January 15, 2025
Organizing for the Year Ahead
Organizing Director Anna Smith shares tips on how to make union organizing a part of your new year’s resolutions.
January 15, 2025
Moving Forward in 2025
Leg/Pol Director Judy Beard noted that while the 2024 elections brought change, we also saw wins on the state level.