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Senate Passes Social Security Fairness Act, Securing Economic Justice for Postal, Federal, and Public-Sector Retirees
December 21, 2024
On Friday Dec. 20, the Senate voted 76-20 to pass The Social Security Fairness Act (H.R. 82), righting a decades-old wrong, and winning economic justice for postal, federal, and public-sector retirees by repealing the Windfall Elimination Provision...
Maintenance PTR Settlement Payout 2024 -2025
December 16, 2024
The Maintenance PTR Settlement Payout for 2024-2025 will be disbursed to eligible maintenance PTR employees. Provide your EIN to check your eligibility.
Incentive Letters to be Sent Beginning Oct. 10
October 10, 2012
The USPS is scheduled to send letters offering incentives to APWU-represented employees who are eligible for regular retirement or voluntary early retirement (VER) during the week of Oct. 10. The letter and additional information will be mailed to...
Clerk Craft Challenges Plan To Transfer Time & Attendance Work
October 10, 2012
The APWU is challenging a Postal Service decision to transfer duties of Time and Attendance Control System (TACS) clerks to another bargaining unit.
PRC Urges USPS To Preserve Overnight Delivery
October 2, 2012
In an advisory opinion on the Postal Service’s “Network Rationalization” plan issued Sept. 28, the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) urged the Postal Service to preserve overnight mail delivery and concluded that ”there is a point in the Postal...
OSHA Cites Tucson Postal Facility for Exposing Workers to Potential Injuries
October 2, 2012
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited the Cherrybell Stravenue Processing and Distribution Center in Tucson Sept. 25 for a willful safety violation for the improper operation of a powered...
APWU, USPS Negotiate Retirement Incentive
October 1, 2012
The APWU has negotiated a retirement incentive agreement that awards eligible full-time career employees a $15,000 payment in two installments, President Cliff Guffey has announced. The first installment will be $10,000; the second will be $5,000.