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PRC Advisory Opinion on USPS Service Standard Changes, Warns of ‘Significant Negative Impact’

February 4, 2025
In October 2024, the United States Postal Service announced proposed changes to how it collects and distributes outgoing mail that would lengthen the delivery service standards for much of the country’s First Class Mail. Before implementing the...

Maintenance Part-Time Regular Payout Update (February 2025)

February 3, 2025
Maintenance Director Idowu Balogun provides an update on the Maintenance PTR Settlement Payout as of February 2025.

Turn Your Grief and Anger Into Action and Hope!

May 1, 2015
Postal workers took matters into their own hands in 1970 and made history. (This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) By having hope, we inspire hope. if you wait until you have time, people and...

TISA: Another Secret Trade Deal Threatens Public Postal Service, Workers

May 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) A trade deal the U.S. is negotiating behind closed doors with 50 other countries threatens the future of public- and private-sector services, including...

May Day Celebration

May 1, 2015
APWU President Mark Dimondstein spoke at a celebration of International Workers Day sponsored by the AFL-CIO on the eve of the holiday.  Although May Day – which originated in the fight for the eight-hour day in Chicago – is not officially...

National Day of Action Set for Thursday, May 14

May 1, 2015
APWU members are turning up the heat with a National Day of Action on May 14 – just one week before the union’s Collective Bargaining Agreement is slated to expire. APWU members will hold events in cities and towns across the country, organized...

Contract Negotiations: Union Members Say it with Stickers, Flyers and More

May 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Members of the San Jose Area Local distribute flyers outside a post office. Stickers and flyers and headbands, oh my! As contract negotiations continue...

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