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2024 Scholarship Winners
August 9, 2024
The APWU proudly presents the winners of three scholarship programs: The E.C. Hallbeck Memorial Scholarship, Vocational Scholarship, and Best Essay Award for 2024!
2024 APWU Scholarship Winners Announced!
August 7, 2024
The APWU proudly presents the winners of three scholarship programs: The E.C. Hallbeck Memorial Scholarship, Vocational Scholarship, and Best Essay Award for 2024!
The Challenges We Will Meet In Collective Bargaining
The APWU will officially open negotiations for a new National Agreement with the Postal Service sometime in August, approximately 90 days prior to the current contract’s expiration on Nov. 20, 2010, and just days after the conclusion of our 20th...
Dispute Over USPS FMLA Recertification Requirements Appealed to Arbitration
The APWU has appealed to arbitration a dispute over the Postal Service's policy of requiring employees to automatically submit new medical certification for an FMLA-covered condition simply because the leave year has ended and a new leave year has...
‘Lift Gates’ Could Pose Serious Danger
The APWU has received numerous reports of serious problems with the Leyman lift gates on the new 9- and 11-ton postal trucks that have been deployed throughout most of the country. A total of 240 trucks with Leyman rail-type lift gates have been...
Truck Problems
APWU Motor Vehicle Division officers are asking local officers to report problems with the 7- and 11-ton International and Freightliner trucks that the USPS purchased in 2004. Problems reported so far include failure to start in cold weather; rails...
Operation Teddy Care
There is probably nothing harder for a small child than being separated from a parent or someone they care about, and there is nothing as comforting as a soft, cuddly teddy bear. Children of U.S. troops make a significant sacrifice that too often is...