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APWU Launches National Ad; Warns of Price Hikes, Post Office Closures in Anti-Privatization Campaign
July 21, 2025
This week the American Postal workers Union (APWU) launched a national advertising campaign on to alert the public about proposed plans to privatize the public postal service. The ad called “Memo” highlights a document sent by Wells Fargo Equity...
APWU Arbitration Award Secures Grievance Rights for Separated Non-Probationary Employees
July 17, 2025
The APWU has secured a major victory for the rights of non-probationary employees who are discharged without just cause from the Postal Service to file grievances on those discharges and have them heard in arbitration, Industrial Relations Director...
Update on National Arbitration “End of Day” Case
September 1, 2020
In the July/August 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine, the Clerk Craft reported that the remedy settlement hearing for the Article 1.6.B “End of Day” button (PMEOD) case was scheduled for August 12-13. However, the Postal Service...
MVS Craft Initiates National Dispute Re: Unilateral Implementation of FMCSA Clearinghouse Consent Form and Program
August 31, 2020
On August 28, the MVS craft initiated a National Step 4 Dispute contesting the Postal Service’s unilateral implementation of work requirements related to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse.
APWU Members Rally With Community to Demand Congress Save the Post Office
August 28, 2020
On Tuesday, headlines from news outlets across the country read: “Postal Workers Day of Action.” As the country continues to rise up in defense of the public Postal Service and against the new policies that have significantly delayed mail, thousands...
Retroactive Pay Scheduled
August 28, 2020
The retroactive pay (also called back-pay) due under the terms of the 2018-2021 Collective Bargaining Agreement is scheduled to be in paychecks dated September 4, 2020.
Regarding PMG DeJoy Temporarily Suspending Some Recent Policy Decisions
August 19, 2020
Postmaster General DeJoy’s mid-July implementation of a series of new policies slowed down and delayed the mail. These included the arbitrary canceling of overtime, limiting mail transportation runs, and demands that everything run on time, even if...