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APWU Arbitration Award Secures Grievance Rights for Separated Non-Probationary Employees
July 17, 2025
The APWU has secured a major victory for the rights of non-probationary employees who are discharged without just cause from the Postal Service to file grievances on those discharges and have them heard in arbitration, Industrial Relations Director...
WATCH: APWU President Dimondstein on Ratification of 2024-2027 National Agreement
July 12, 2025
APWU President Mark Dimondstein Addresses the membership on the Ratification of the 2024-2027 National Agreement
Convenient Untruths
When the postal service announced in November that it had incurred a $15.9 billion loss in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, 2012, newspaper editorial boards and anti-government politicians cited the figure as proof that the Postal Service is...
Award on Casuals Working Tour Two
In a national-level award, Arbitrator Shyam Das has ruled that Tour 1 casuals may continue to work past 5 a.m., concluding that the intent of the 2006-2010 Collective Bargaining Agreement is to prevent management from assigning casuals starting...
For FERS Retirees:
The 2015 FERS retiree COLA is based on the increase in the third quarter average of the CPI-W index in 2014 over the 2013 third quarter average. However, if the CPI-W quarterly average increases three percent or more, the COLA is the increase less...
Retiring? Get Counseling From the Postal Service
Postal workers are retiring in greater numbers now than at any time in history.