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E.g., 08/16/2024

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.

Applications for the APWU Leadership Institute Class Two Open Until September 13, 2024

August 13, 2024
Applications for the APWU Leadership Institute Class Two Open Until September 13, 2024

USPS Reassessment Process Background

The Postal Service aggressively monitors limited duty and rehabilitation assignments, and in May, 2005 notified the APWU that the USPS would begin a reassessment of rehabilitation jobs and limited duty assignments. The third pilot of the “...

Postal Unions Form Historic Alliance

Our survival as postal workers depends on our ability to build a genuine bond between the four postal unions. We share the same goals – a vibrant, public Postal Service, good pay and benefits, a safe work environment, and dignity and respect on the...

What’s Different About Staples?

Many APWU members have asked, “What makes the Staples program so important? How is it different from the other programs that outsource postal retail functions – the grocery stores that sell stamps and the Village Post Offices in hardware stores and...

e-Team Report, Dec. 2, 2011

APWU Backed Workers Compensation Bill Passes U.S. House of Representatives Voter ID Laws Attack Voters' Rights NLRB Rule Changes

USPS Misrepresentations Lead to Barrage of Criticism

The Postal Service’s top management, including Postmaster General Donahoe, has been drawing fire from all sides in recent months, after a series of disturbing and embarrassing revelations. Criticism of postal management started mounting after the...

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