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E.g., 01/09/2025

The Mail is Not for Sale!

January 8, 2025
The fast and furious online reaction to The [Washington] Post’s Dec. 19 editorial underscores how strongly the people support and trust the U.S. Postal Service.

Clerk Division Fills Two Vacant NBA Positions

January 7, 2025
Recently, two National Business Agent (NBA) positions became vacant in the Clerk Division. Robert “Bob” Romanowski left his NBA job in the Philadelphia Region when he was promoted to the newly established Assistant Director “C”, Clerk Division...

HCR Notice

This list shows the HCR (Highway Contract Route) solicitations the union was notified of since 1999. Local managers often tell union representatives that the national union was notified of these solicitations, when, in fact, notification has not...

Alzheimer’s, CPI, Debts to USPS

Alzheimer’s disease has touched the lives of most Americans, either through family members, friends or neighbors. Many of us have thought, “Are misplacing my keys a few times a month temporary moments of memory loss or a sign of Alzheimer’s?” The...

The Challenges We Will Meet In Collective Bargaining

The APWU will officially open negotiations for a new National Agreement with the Postal Service sometime in August, approximately 90 days prior to the current contract’s expiration on Nov. 20, 2010, and just days after the conclusion of our 20th...

Dealing With Domestic Violence

Domestic violence is on the rise in the United States. In all cultures the perpetrators of domestic violence are usually men and the victims are almost always women.

Dispute Over USPS FMLA Recertification Requirements Appealed to Arbitration

The APWU has appealed to arbitration a dispute over the Postal Service's policy of requiring employees to automatically submit new medical certification for an FMLA-covered condition simply because the leave year has ended and a new leave year has...

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