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September 8, 2025
Assistance Provided by FEMA for Natural Disasters
(This article appeared in the September/October 2025 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) With all the ever-increasing natural disasters happening across the country due to climate change, it is imperative to kn...
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...
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 5, 2025
New Hub Clerk Memo: Part-Time Flexible Employees’ First Chance for Selecting Loaner Offices
Clerk Craft Director Lamont Brooks shares the new Memorandum of Understanding achieved as part of our new union contract, which allows Hub Clerks voluntarily working outside of their home installation the option to choos...
September 2, 2025
Suicide Prevention Month: Taking Care of Your Body, Mind
September is Suicide Prevention Month, led by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). The Industrial Relations Department provides information on how to recognize the signs of someone struggling with mental healt...
August 29, 2025
APWU to ‘Unite and Fight’ in New Organizing Drive
August 28, 2025
One-Time Voluntary Transfer Opportunity for Part-Time Flexible Employees Begins September 1
In compliance with the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), “Re: PTF One-Time Voluntary Reassignment Opportunity,” the Postal Service will provide a list of available full-time residual duty assignments for Part-Time Flexi...
August 26, 2025
APWU Announces Dates for Retroactive Payments
The Postal Service has provided tentative dates for the additional negotiated pay provisions in the 2024-2027 National Agreement and the date of the retroactive payment for the pay increases due for the “stopgap” period...
August 26, 2025
Maintenance Division Wins Arbitration Award Protecting Employees in ‘Pending Qualification’ Status
The APWU has won a major national arbitration decision protecting the rights of Maintenance Craft employees. On August 13, Arbitrator Margo R. Newman ruled that positions awarded to promoted employees who are in “pending...
August 22, 2025
Celebrate Labor Day With Labor Family
Labor Day is more than a long weekend — it is a reminder of the sacrifices and victories of working people over generations of struggle. Labor Day was first celebrated in 1882 by the Central Labor Union in New York City....
August 21, 2025
President Trump Attacks on Vote-By-Mail Outrageous, Untrue
The American Postal Workers Union strongly condemns the U.S. president’s continued attacks on vote-by-mail and the integrity of the United States Postal Service. On August 18, he picked up an old trick from his fir...
August 18, 2025
Tentative Date for 2024-2027 National Agreement Pay Increases Announced
August 15, 2025
APWU Post Office Women for Equal Rights Holds 22nd Biennial National Convention
August 14, 2025
Addressing Veterans’ Needs
August 14, 2025
Labor History: Three Unions Successfully Strike AT&T; Solidarity Wins Newspaper Strike
(This article appeared in the July/August 2025 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) August 7, 1983 – After negotiations broke down in a set of expiring union contracts, three unions representing 675,000 workers...
August 14, 2025
Presidential Administration Launches Ever Greater Assaults on Federal Workers and Unions
The APWU stands in unwavering solidarity with our union family at the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) and other Federal unions, amid the grave attacks against the rights of federal workers and working...
August 14, 2025
The APWU Raises Alarms Over Postal Board Nominees
August 13, 2025
Calm Health for Consumer Driven Option Members
(This article appeared in the July/August 2025 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) Life can be chaotic, and being a postal worker can be stressful! We often have to manage heavy workloads, especially during pea...
August 13, 2025
Keep Fighting for Justice This Summer
(This article appeared in the July/August 2025 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) This summer marks several milestone anniversaries for APWU members and our communities. The Postal Service is older than the Un...
August 13, 2025
Newsweek Op/Ed: The U.S. Postal Service Is Not for Sale
August 13, 2025
August 13, 2025
Strength in Diversity: Empowering Every Voice
(This article appeared in the July/August 2025 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) We recently held our Human Relations Educational Assembly in Houston, TX, and it was a tremendous success! More than 200 attend...
August 12, 2025
Second Cost of Living Adjustment Announced Today
August 12, 2025
Senators Introduce Bipartisan Resolution to Recognize Postal Service’s 250th Anniversary
August 11, 2025
2024-2027 Maintenance Craft Changes in the New Contract
(This article appeared in the July/August 2025 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) The APWU and USPS reached a Tentative Agreement that was approved by the Rank and File Bargaining Advisory Committee and then r...
August 11, 2025
Another Round of Bargaining Completed
(This article appeared in the July/August 2025 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) The APWU and the Postal Service have concluded contract negotiations for a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). The APWU and...
August 11, 2025
Every Conversation Counts!
(This article appeared in the July/August 2025 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) With over 30,000 postal facilities, and more than 200,000 APWU-represented workers, we have the resources to create a movement...
August 8, 2025
Engaging in Our Union, Together
(This article appeared in the July/August 2025 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) We desperately need to have conversations about getting more members involved in our union. As I read through social media post...
August 8, 2025
The Fight to Preserve and Protect Our Retirement Benefits
(This article appeared in the July/August 2025 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) Under the current administration, working people across the country have faced unprecedented assaults. In just the first six mo...