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Contract Negotiations Begin – APWU Negotiating Team Delivers Opening Day Remarks
June 27, 2024
On June 25, contract negotiations began for our next main collective bargaining agreement with the Postal Service. The current contract expires on Sept. 20. Both the union and postal management exchanged opening statements, outlining their...
APWU “Building Union Power” National Organizing Drive Blasts Past Goal, Recruits 8707 New Members
June 27, 2024
The Building Union Power national organizing drive concluded on June 25, and by end of day, hit 8707 new members!
Arbitrator Rules on USPS Refusal to Compensate Employees for Time Spent on a USPS-provided shuttle
In a decision [PDF] dated Aug. 30, Arbitrator Shyam Das denied the union’s grievance protesting management’s refusal to compensate employees for time spent on a USPS-provided shuttle that transported workers between USPS lodging and a training...
Veterans, Savings, a Contentious Hearing
It’s rarely quiet in the legislative arena, and as past President Moe Biller was fond of saying, “The struggle continues.”
Senate bill 1950, which would have repealed a cut to cost-of-living adjustments for future military retirees, was defeated on...
Vietnam Vets and Agent Orange
Vietnam Veterans are now at an age where many have or will develop "adult-onset" or Type II diabetes.
Winterhaven Stand Down
Each year more than 1 million of our nation’s veterans are homeless. This is hardly the thank-you they deserve and hardly the thank-you they have earned. So, this January, the APWU plans to give a hand up to homeless and under served veterans during...
Applying for Student Aid
Through Federal Student Aid, an office of the U.S. Department of Education, eligible students and their families can help fund post-secondary education via FAFSA, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid.