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How to Receive One-Time Retirement Incentive Checks

April 29, 2025
The incentive checks will be sent to the employee’s office of last appointment. From there, the retiree can pick it up from the office or it will be mailed from the office to the address indicated on the PS 3077 -Request to Forward Salary Check form...

Celebrating May Day 2025 - International Workers' Day

April 29, 2025
May Day, the annual holiday recognizing the international working class, will be celebrated around the world on May 1. We encourage APWU members to join our labor allies across the country at one of the many May Day events happening to combat the...

Latest News Articles on Coronavirus for APWU Members

USPS announces end of COVID-19 protocols

Effective May 12, 2023, the Postal Service has discontinued all Covid-19 specific protocols, including all memoranda of understanding, policies, and work practice restrictions and requirements. ... Read More

Department of Labor Announces New FECA Procedures for COVID-19 Cases

The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) expired on January 27. The APWU has opposed the expiration of those provisions of the act that protected federal workers who contracted COVID-19 (COVID).... Read More

COVID-19 Test Kit Fulfillment Pilot Extended

On July 27, 2022, the APWU and USPS agreed to once again extend the COVID-19 Test Kit Fulfillment Pilot MOU in 23 sites throughout the country. The MOU continues work performed in PSAs and Annexes... Read More

Taking on Challenges Together

(This article first appeared in the November/December issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) COVID-19 Continues Brothers and Sisters, I hope and pray you and your families are healthy and... Read More

COVID-19 Vaccination Emergency Standard

In September, President Biden issued a directive to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to issue an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) requiring all employers with 100+ employees... Read More

Vaccination Mandates by President Biden

Until this emergency rule is developed, the APWU will not know if it applies to Postal Service employees. Once the emergency rule is released it will be reviewed and discussed with our attorneys and... Read More

OSHA Releases New COVID-19 Guidance to Protect Workers

(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) On August 13, The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released new guidance to... Read More

COVID Vaccines: Fact vs. Myth

(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) COVID-19 is deadly and is continuing to quickly spread with the "Delta" variant. Cases,... Read More

VA Issues New Rules Regarding Mandatory Vaccination

(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) On July 26, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) became the first Federal Agency to require... Read More

APWU President Reports on Negotiations

April 2, 2015
APWU President Mark Dimondstein has presented an update for union members on contract negotiations. The bargaining report is available to APWU members only.  

Members Only Section to Undergo Maintenance

April 2, 2015
The Members Only section of www.apwu.org will not be available due to site maintenance from April 9 through April 13.  We regret the inconvenience.

RMSS Implementation Dispute Settled for $2 Million

April 1, 2015
Maintenance Craft officers and the Postal Service agreed on March 30 on the remedy due to employees whose eligibility ratings for promotions were improperly changed to "ineligible" in August 2009, Director Steve Raymer has announced. The agreement ...

Dimondstein Appears on the Bill Press Show

April 1, 2015
APWU President Mark Dimondstein appeared on The Bill Press Show on TawkrTV on April 1, where he discussed the negative influence of “dark money” on our politics, and the phony USPS financial crisis, postal banking and more.

‘Stop Staples’ Campaign Wins Supporters with a Lot of Clout

April 1, 2015
The American Federation of School Administrators (AFSA) may be small in numbers, but it is big in influence. The school administrators they represent select where they purchase school supplies – and from now on it will not be Staples.

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