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United Auto Workers Files Unfair Labor Practice Charge Against Union-Busting Scab Trump, Musk

August 16, 2024
The United Auto Workers (UAW) filed an unfair labor practice (ULP) charge against former President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Aug. 13, after the far-right billionaire cronies discussed illegally intimidating workers on strike by...

Sixth COLA Increase Announced

August 14, 2024
In accordance with the 2021-2024 Collective Bar­gaining Agreement, career employees represented by the APWU will receive a $0.47 per hour cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), effective September 7, 2024.

MVS Appeals Tool and Parts Clerk Case to Arbitration

The MVS Division has appealed to national-level arbitration [PDF] a Step 4 Dispute protesting the Postal Service’s unilateral elimination of the Tool and Parts Clerk position. The union’s 15-Day Statement of Issues and Facts [PDF] notes that...

GAO Misses the Mark

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) presented a 46-page report on the Postal Service’s National Reassessment Process (NRP) to Congress recently, but failed to address many glaring problems, including many issues raised by APWU representatives...

Dispute Over Time Spent Undergoing Medical Evaluation Appealed to Arbitration

The APWU has appealed to national-level arbitration a dispute over compensation to employees for all time spent undergoing medical evaluation or examinations at the employer's request, including travel expenses.

Know Your Rights on the Job

Some USPS supervisors seem to enjoy issuing discipline. In many post offices, it appears that the more discipline supervisors issue, the higher they are promoted.

Reasonable Accommodation for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

As part of negotiations for the union's 2006-2010 Collective Bargaining Agreement with the US Postal Service, the APWU has negotiated a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) regarding Reasonable Accommodation for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.

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