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Don't Let Management Take Your Pulse!
July 8, 2024
The APWU is urging union members to refrain from participating in the USPS management’s Postal Pulse survey. Negotiations for a new union contract began June 25, and any information you give them can be used in retaliation to hurt us during...
Contract Negotiations Begin – APWU Negotiating Team Delivers Opening Day Remarks
June 27, 2024
On June 25, contract negotiations began for our next main collective bargaining agreement with the Postal Service. The current contract expires on Sept. 20. Both the union and postal management exchanged opening statements, outlining their...
Presumption of Service Connection for Select Diseases Associated with Lejeune Water
March 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
By Human Relations Director Sue Carney
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) published new regulations establishing a presumptive service-...
New EEOC Disability Rules
March 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
By Human Relations Director Sue Carney
The Rehabilitation Act is a federal civil rights law that prohibits federal agencies, including the United...
Legislative Update
March 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
By Legislative Director Judy Beard
The 115th Congress convened on Jan. 3, and legislators wasted no time introducing bills and resolutions of...
Promises, Promises
March 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
By Western Region Coordinator Omar Gonzalez
I’m not referring to New Year’s resolutions many of us already broke. I refer to what promises to be an...
Negotiations, Negotiations
March 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
By Support Services Director Steve Brooks
We are hitting the new year running. We ended 2016 in the middle of contract negotiations for our...