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Message to Our APWU Family Affected by Hurricanes Helene and Milton Devastation
October 9, 2024
Many of our North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida members and their families, as well as the communities we serve, are reeling from the devastation of Hurricane Helene to life and property, and are facing a long difficult road to...
Robert Romanowski Appointed to Fill New Clerk Division Assistant Director “C” Position
October 9, 2024
On October 8, 2024, Robert “Bob” Romanowski was named by APWU Clerk Division Director Lamont Brooks to fill the newly created position of Assistant Director “C”, Clerk Division.
Capitol Hill Event Puts Focus on Older Unemployed Workers
On Thursday, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) unveiled a new proposal to overhaul federal anti-poverty programs and shift more control to individual states. Under Ryan’s plan, most of the federal government’s anti-poverty programs, including food stamps and...
OIG ‘Fraud’ Campaign
Who’s scamming who?
The USPS Office of Inspector General recently launched a “Workers’ Compensation Fraud Campaign.” In typical OIG fashion, one of its strategies involves demonizing injured workers by having an actor posing as a postal employee...
Dispute Over Individual Retirement Counseling Appealed to Arbitration
The APWU has appealed to national-level arbitration a dispute over the Postal Service's unilateral decision that resulted in the discontinuation of established local methods of providing individual retirement counseling to bargaining unit employees.
What to Do When Disaster Strikes
As I write this, we are still “recovering” from this year’s devastating hurricane season. My prayers continue to go out to my APWU sisters and brothers and their families who were adversely affected. Disasters can strike quickly and without warning...
Leave Accrual
Employees earn sick and annual leave in accordance with postal regulations found in Subchapter 510 of the Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM). Article 10, Section 2, of the National Agreement provides that "The leave regulations in Subchapter...