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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.
Penalty Overtime Exclusion Period, New Leave Year
November 20, 2020
Reminder, in accordance with Article 8, sections 4 and 5, of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, penalty overtime rules are not applicable for a consecutive four-week period each year during December.
This year, the December period begins November...
APWU Members and Allies Continue Push to Save the Post Office
November 19, 2020
On November 17, APWU members and community allies came together in virtual and in-person events across the country to reaffirm our demands for $25 billion in immediate COVID-19 financial relief from Congress and a permanent reversal of Postmaster...
Stepping up in a Challenging Year
November 17, 2020
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
As 2020 comes to an end, we reflect on the many challenges throughout the year we have faced. These include the COVID-19 pandemic, drastic...
A 'New Normal' at the End of 2020
November 17, 2020
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
Who would have thought what we considered the “norm” at the beginning of 2020 would look so different today? Ringing in the 2020 New Year was in...
Wage Increase Set For November 21
November 17, 2020
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
A salary increase that was negotiated as part of the 2018-2021 Collective Bargaining Agreement will take effect on November 21, 2020 (pp-25)....