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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.

National and Local Officers Use Media to Spread the Word on the Postal Service

September 16, 2020
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) As the crisis facing the Postal Service began gathering large public attention in July and August, the media came to the APWU for insight on the...

APWU Members Rally with Community to Demand Congress Save the Post Office and Stop Delays

September 16, 2020
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) In the previous issue of The American Postal Worker, we reported on the highly successful day of action on June 23 – with the delivery of two...

2020 APWU Scholarship Winners

September 16, 2020
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) The APWU proudly presents the winners of three scholarship programs: the E.C. Hallbeck Memorial Scholarship, the Vocational Scholarship and the...

Retirement Benefit Questions

September 16, 2020
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) What will happen to your federal retirement benefit should you resign/separate from the USPS prior to being eligible to retire depends on...

Harassment is Against the Law

September 16, 2020
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Harassment is a form of employment discrimination that violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment...

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