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How to Navigate to VER Plans, Optional Retirement Pages through USPS’s LiteBlue

February 3, 2025
Working in conjunction with Retirees Director Nancy Olumekor, the Industrial Relations Department has produced a presentation which provides step-by-step instructions on how active postal service employees with access to LiteBlue can navigate to the...

APWU Releases Q&As about 2025 Voluntary Early Retirement

February 1, 2025
The Voluntary Early Retirement (VER) recently announced for eligible postal workers by the Postal Service has generated many questions from the members of the APWU. The Postal Service published a list of questions and answers for our members.

A Good Contract for All

March 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) APWU members from all crafts have been busy with efforts to: raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour; stop the dirty deal between USPS and Staples;...

Stop Staples Frequently Asked Questions

March 1, 2016
Stop Staples organizers hear a lot of questions when they pass out flyers asking customers to boycott the office-supply chain. To answer the most common questions, organizers created a Frequently Asked Questions brochure. Here are the FAQs: 1.  Why...

Contract Arbitration Underway

March 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Arbitration hearings for a new APWU Collective Bargaining Agreement with the U.S. Postal Service began on Feb. 17, and are expected to last several...

Attend a Pre-Convention Workshop

March 1, 2016
The Research & Education Department will sponsor the APWU’s 15th Educational Conference, a National Convention event that provides union members with a wealth of information to take home to their locals and state organizations. Twenty-nine...

990s Are Due!

March 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)  For unions, filing IRS form 990 annually is not optional! failure to submit this report could result in significant monetary penalties and...

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