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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.

They Don't Have the Right

September 12, 2019
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  We often hear that ‘management has the right to mismanage.’ NO THEY DON’T!  Laws require that USPS be run efficiently, including managing the...

In Memory of Robert “Bob” Pritchard

September 12, 2019
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  This article is dedicated to the memory of Brother Robert C. Pritchard, MVS Director, who served from 1995 to his retirement in 2013. Bob...

Why the High Cost of Prescription Drugs?

September 12, 2019
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  Americans are not able to negotiate over the price of prescription drugs for several reasons. First, laws passed by Congress forbid the...

New MS-1 Settlement and Implementation

September 11, 2019
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  On Aug. 8, the Maintenance Craft reached a settlement with the USPS regarding Handbook MS-1, TL-5 and TL-6 Revisions and Related Maintenance...

Preparation for Interest Arbitration

September 11, 2019
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  The interest arbitration hearings beginning Sept. 4th before neutral arbitrator Stephen Goldberg will determine our next Collective Bargaining...

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