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APWU Arbitration Award Secures Grievance Rights for Separated Non-Probationary Employees

July 17, 2025
The APWU has secured a major victory for the rights of non-probationary employees who are discharged without just cause from the Postal Service to file grievances on those discharges and have them heard in arbitration, Industrial Relations Director...

WATCH: APWU President Dimondstein on Ratification of 2024-2027 National Agreement

July 12, 2025
APWU President Mark Dimondstein Addresses the membership on the Ratification of the 2024-2027 National Agreement   

OWCP Suspends USPS Access to Electronic Data

August 12, 2013
In a bold step to protect the privacy rights of injured workers, the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs (OWCP) has indefinitely suspended the Postal Service’s ability to review, receive, and transfer Federal Employees’ Compensation Act (FECA)...

e-Team Report, Aug. 9, 2013

August 9, 2013
APWU, Postal Unions: Carper-Coburn Bill an Assault on Postal Employee Benefits Sen. Bernie Sanders Says S. 1486 Backtracks on Postal Reform, “Makes no Sense”  Postal Customers Get it - Why Can’t Some Members of Congress? Senators Seek to Pass Law to...

USPS Issues Stamps Honoring Workers, But What About Its Own?

August 9, 2013
The Postal Service’s release on Aug. 8 of a series stamps featuring iconic images of the workers who built the nation’s bridges, railways, and skyscrapers almost a century ago is more than a little ironic, the APWU noted.  ”We’re pleased that the...

Senate Postal Bill Jeopardizes Healthcare, Retirement Benefits

August 6, 2013
A bill introduced by Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE) and Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) on Aug. 1 would jeopardize the healthcare and retirement benefits of postal employees by giving arbitrators the authority to remove them from the Federal Employees Health...

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