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Starkest Threat to Veterans' Benefits Is Project 2025, Another Trump Administration
October 23, 2024
More than 30,000 APWU members are Veterans, and many more have Veterans in their families or among their close friends. With Election Day drawing near, it’s important for APWU members to understand that Veterans’ issues are on the ballot once again...
Updated 2024 APWU Constitution Posted
October 22, 2024
The updated 2024 APWU Constitution & Bylaws has been posted.
Rallying Community Support Is Key to Keeping Post Offices Open
Too far for walking, too crowded for waiting, and too congested for driving and parking.” The phrase has become almost a mantra in communities where the Postal Service is rushing to shut down retail units, and shunt consumers off to what might be...
Another Survey Suggests U.S. Middle Class is Falling Behind
While income gains for the richest Americans are outpacing their global peers, The New York Times reports that lower- and middle- income tiers in other advanced nations have made greater gains over the last three decades. “The new data about the...
The Status of NRP
Recently a Postal Service official confirmed that as of December 2010 all reassessments were completed. As a result, the National Reassessment Process protocols are no longer being used. APWU was advised that official union notification has been...
Arbitrator Rules on USPS Refusal to Compensate Employees for Time Spent on a USPS-provided shuttle
In a decision [PDF] dated Aug. 30, Arbitrator Shyam Das denied the union’s grievance protesting management’s refusal to compensate employees for time spent on a USPS-provided shuttle that transported workers between USPS lodging and a training...
Building a Better Department
Retirees are an invaluable asset to the American Postal Workers Union.