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Postal Workers Hold Nationwide 'Day of Action' Oct. 1 in 90 Cities to Promote Vote-by-Mail, Demand First-Class Service Year-Round
October 1, 2024
WASHINGTON – On Tues., Oct. 1 postal workers who are members of the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) will be rallying with the public in front of postal facilities across the country to sound the alarm about the United States Postal Service’s...
APWU Maintenance Division Secures $15 Million Part-Time Regular Settlement Agreement
September 23, 2024
In 2021, the APWU Maintenance Division filed a national dispute regarding the Postal Service's violation of Article 7 section 3 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), specifically concerning the 2.5 percent cap on the total number of Part-...
The State of U.S. Unions
At the end of 2008, union members accounted for 12.4 percent of employed wage-and-salary workers, according to the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. The number of workers belonging to unions rose by 428,000 to 16.1 million; which was...
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.
Dispute Over Data Security Breaches/Missing USPS Laptops Appealed to Arbitration
The APWU has appealed to national-level arbitration a dispute over the Postal Service's security breaches of sensitive postal employee data resulting from missing or stolen postal laptop computers.
Management Must Convert PTFs
Managers who are relying on an alleged hiring freeze to justify their refusal to convert MVS part-time flexible employees to full-time are in violation of the Collective Bargaining Agreement.
e-Team Report, June 27, 2011
APWU, Mailing Groups Urge Legislators to Support H.R. 1351
GOP Presidential Hopefuls Sound off in Favor of Right To Work "for less" in Presidential Debate
Maine Ends Same Day Voter Registration, Other States Working Toward Voter ID Requirement...