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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 Reassessment Program Discriminated Against Injured Workers
March 28, 2018
The time is now for all current and former permanent-rehabilitation and limited-duty postal employees who were subjected to the USPS National Reassessment Process (NRP) between May 5, 2006 and July 1, 2011 to file a timely claim with the Postal...
APWU Member April Burger is 2017 Passport Acceptance Agent of the Year
March 27, 2018
April Burger (left) with Brenda Sprague, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Passport Services, after the award ceremony.
April Burger, a 31-year member of the Jefferson City Local (MO) and the local’s secretary-treasurer, was unanimously chosen as 2017...
‘Let Them Eat Cake’
March 27, 2018
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
By President Mark Dimondstein
When the hungry people were demanding bread, French Queen Marie Antoinette was said to utter the words, “Let Them Eat...
Importance of Contract Action Teams
March 27, 2018
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
By Clerk Craft Directors
Contract negotiations will begin in June, and the membership has democratically decided on resolutions to improve the...
Attend a Pre-Convention Workshop
March 27, 2018
The Research & Education Department will sponsor the APWU’s 16th Educational Conference, a National Convention event that provides union members with a wealth of information to take home to their local and state organizations. Twenty-eight...