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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.
Post Office in Illinois Capital Named for Long-Time APWU Member
March 2, 2009
In honor of a long-time Postal Service worker and APWU member, a facility in Springfield, IL, has been named the “Colonel John H. Wilson, Jr. Post Office Building.”
PARS Software Grievance Resolved
February 13, 2009
On Feb. 6, the union reached a favorable resolution of a dispute over the Postal Service's decision to assign the installation of hardware and software for the Postal Automation Redirection System (PARS) to employees of Siemens, the company that...
Defending the BMCs
January 1, 2009
First off, I want to wish everyone the happiest and healthiest New Year…
On a more somber note, however, we see that the Postal Service has begun to act on its strategic plan to contract out our parcel-post business to private companies. They have...
Isaac Myers: Pioneer of the African-American Trade Union Movement
December 31, 2008
It’s not unusual for a labor leader to have humble beginnings. Isaac Myers started out literally at the bottom, applying sticky sealant to the hulls of oceangoing ships. But he had a natural leadership style, and while his determination to prosper...
PostalEASE Enrollment Period For FEHB, FSA Extended
December 31, 2008
Postal workers will be able to make FEHB elections using PostalEASE employee self-service through Jan. 13, 2009, the Postal Service has announced. These extended-deadline elections through PostalEASE are not available by phone.