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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.

Florida Postal Workers Protest Staffing Shortages

March 2, 2018
On Monday, Feb. 19, members of the Florida Keys Area Local held an informational picket in front of the main post office in Key West, shining a light on the severe slashes to staffing and service that are causing mail delays and hazardous working...

APWU is The Nation’s ‘Most Valuable Union’

March 1, 2018
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  The American Postal Workers Union was named 2017’s “Most Valuable Union” by the publication The Nation, as part of its annual Progressive Honor Roll...

Bill Lucy Presented with Alston/Jones International Civil and Human Rights Award

March 1, 2018
(L-R) International Civil Rights Center and Museum founders Melvin “Skip” Alston and Earl F. Jones, Secretary-Treasurer Powell, Honoree William ‘Bill’ Lucy, and President Mark Dimondstein  presenting the Alston/Jones International Civil and Human...

USPS Rated Top Government Agency Once Again by Gallup Poll

March 1, 2018
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  Americans like their public Postal Service – and results from a country-wide poll prove it. In fact, the Postal Service is even more popular now than...

Support Your AFL-CIO Central Labor Councils and AFL-CIO State Federations

March 1, 2018
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)   By Secretary-Treasurer Liz Powell  Central Labor Councils (CLCs) and State Federations play an intricate and necessary part in the labor movement’s...

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