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Update: CDL Medical Certification Integration
June 18, 2025
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) adopted a rule change in 2015, along with many other components of this rule change, was the requirement that the Medical Examiner who performs a Commercial Driver Certification physical will...
Candidates Nominated for APWU Election of National Officers
June 17, 2025
Secretary-Treasurer Elizabeth "Liz" Powell has announced that the following union members have been certified as candidates for election to national office by referendum balloting, as mandated by the APWU Constitution and Bylaws.
A Gift that Keeps on Giving
November 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
We have a tradition in this country of celebrating birthdays by sending cards and giving gifts.
Rep. Allan Grayson (D-FL) celebrated Medicare’s...
Workers Comp Fraud Investigations
November 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
Special agents of the Postal Service Office of the Inspector General (OIG) are contracted to “safeguard postal revenue” and are supposed to “...
Disability Compensation
November 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
Disability compensation is a monthly, tax-free benefit paid to veterans because of injuries or diseases that were incurred or were aggravated...
Truths About Privatizing Social Security
November 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
Social Security is a successful program that has served this country well. Yet some groups want to privatize the program by taking the payroll...
Door-to-Door Organizing
November 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
Local and state organizations across the country signed up more than 11,000 new members as of September 2015 – just short of doubling what we...