APWU Arbitration Award Restores Rules for Employees Using Leave Without Pay to Campaign

APWU members can continue to volunteer in political campaigns under the long-standing leave-without-pay rules in the Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM).  A national arbitrator rejected changes the Postal Service made to the Leave Without Pay...

Major Victory For Expanded Postal Services

On Wednesday, July 18, the APWU and our allies won a big victory by defeating an attempt to prohibit the Postal Service from expanding financial services. In a vote on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, an amendment to a government...

The Attacks From All Sides Can Only Be Fought Through Solidarity

(This article first appeared in the July-August  2018 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine)  By Legislative & Political Director Judy Beard  White House Proposal to Privatize the Postal Service In June, the White House proposal, “...

Wilmington DE/Malcolm T Smith Area Local Hits the Streets to Fight for the People’s Postal Service

On July 9, in response to the White House’s recent plan to privatize the USPS, Wilmington DE/Malcolm T Smith Area Local hit the pavement to spread the word that the fight is on to save the people’s post office.

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