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Better Staffing, Better Service
August 2, 2024
A Grassroots Campaign to Improve Our Public Postal Service
An Update on the Social Security Fairness Act
July 31, 2024
The APWU has never stopped fighting to pass the Social Security Fairness Act (H.R. 82, S. 597).
Service Cuts Disrupt Workers’ Lives
January 13, 2015
When postal officials lowered “service standards” on Jan. 5, they didn’t just slow down America’s mail: They set in motion a process that is causing serious disruption in the lives of thousands of hard-working postal employees. As management...
e-Team Report, Jan. 12, 2015
January 12, 2015
New Congress Convenes
The 114th Congress convened last week, with Republicans assuming full control of the body for the first time in 8 years.
Republicans captured control of the Senate and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) will lead a...
Mitch McConnell Raises the Possibility of a Grand Bargain with President Obama
January 12, 2015
In his first major speech since becoming the new Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell (R-KY) challenged President Obama to work with him, hinting that he is interested in a “Grand Bargain.” McConnell outlined an ambitious plan that includes...
New MOU to Create Hundreds of Career Jobs in Level 4 POStPlan Offices
January 12, 2015
An addendum to the Sept. 22, 2013, POStPLAN Memorandum of Understanding will place a number of career jobs into Level 4 post offices, which otherwise would have been staffed exclusively with Postal Support Employees (PSEs). The offices in question...
Who Qualifies as a ‘Medical Officer’ with Authority to Sign CDL Health Cards?
January 10, 2015
The APWU has received clarification from the Postal Service regarding who qualifies as a “medical officer” with authority to sign Department of Transportation health cards for postal employees with Commercial Driver’s Licenses. The APWU sought...