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APWU President Mark Dimondstein's Opening Remarks for 2024 Contract Negotiations
June 25, 2024
Read President Dimondstein's strong remarks to lead off opening day of contract talks.
Management Reducing Package Presort Discounts
June 14, 2024
The Postal Service is in the early stages of eliminating the deepest of several discounts where package consolidators sort to the Destination Delivery Units (DDUs) and five-digit presort.
Low Income Home Energy Assistance Down Despite the Extreme Cold
Huffington Post reports that sequestration's budget cuts last year have left thousands of families in the cold this winter. Congress cut funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program by about $155 million, and total funding has decreased...
Local Unions Fight to Save Post Offices
Several south Florida communities are continuing the struggle to keep their neighborhood post offices open. In February, when the USPS released itsmost recent list of targeted stations, one office in Fort Myers, two in Naples, and two locations in...
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a neurobiological anxiety disorder characterized by uncontrollable, unwanted thoughts and repetitive, ritualized behaviors. Even though the compulsive behaviors seem irrational, the person with OCD is powerless...
‘Sister Study’ Update
The nation’s largest ongoing research project on the causes of breast cancer is still searching for sisters.
Award on Obligation to Notify APWU of Withdrawal of CFR Revision
Arbitrator Linda Byars sustained the union's position that in order to make moot the union's appeal to arbitration of a proposed revision to a regulation which the Postal Service does not intend to implement, the Service is required to notify the...