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Maitenance PTR Payment Distribution Is on the Way

January 14, 2025
BREAKING NEWS: Your share of the PTR payment distribution is on the way

Preventing Injuries While Lifting Objects on the Workroom Floor

January 14, 2025
The Industrial Relations Department shares proper lifting techniques to avoid injury when moving heavy parcels and sacks:

Arbitrator Sustains APWU’s Position on Clerk Craft Jurisdiction over Parcel Sorting Work

December 2, 2020
On December 1, 2020, Arbitrator Joseph M. Sharnoff issued a decision confirming Clerk Craft jurisdiction over operation of the Small Parcel Sorting System (SPSS) machine.  The Award soundly rejects arguments made by the Mail Handlers Union which...

The Struggle to Save the Post Office Continues… Joe Biden/Kamala Harris Elected

December 2, 2020
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpted version of President Dimondstein’s statement to the members on the U.S. Presidential election...

MVS Division Settles Step-4 Grievance on Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse

December 1, 2020
Earlier this summer, MVS announced a National Dispute on the Postal Service’s unilateral implementation of Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Clearinghouse Consent Form and Program.  During the Step-4 meeting, the parties discussed...

Frank McMullin resigns Garrett Langley appointed Eastern Region MVS NBA

November 30, 2020
Eastern Region MVS National Business Agent (NBA) Francis (Frank) McMullin has resigned, after a little over two months in office.  Garrett Langley of the Lancaster Area Local (PA) is the newly-appointed MVS NBA effective, November 16, 2020.  Brother...

APWU Members Give Their All in Labor 2020 Campaign

November 30, 2020
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)   In the face of continuous attacks on the Postal Service, voter suppression, and a pandemic, the APWU’s Legislative and Political Department...

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