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USPS Board of Governors Elects New Leadership

January 16, 2025
The USPS Board of Governors elected governor Amber F. McReyolds as a new board chair at its fourth and final meeting of 2024, Now three vacancies exist upon the expiration of Anton Hajjar's term on December 8. 

Project 2025 Seeks to Undermine Public Services with Schedule F

January 16, 2025
The reinstatement of Trump’s 2020 “Schedule F” Executive Order may be on the horizon with Project 2025, reclassifying many civil servants into at-will employees without job protection. Organized labor must stand together and prepare to fight back:

What's Up Doc?

January 23, 2020
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  Postal employees who are injured on the job have the right to select their treating physician. Under the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act (...

Dealing with Difficult People

January 23, 2020
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  As postal employees, we are required to interact with co-workers, customers, supervisors and managers. We sometimes feel overwhelmed. To avoid...

Blue Water, Public Law 116-23 in Effect

January 23, 2020
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  The Blue Water Navy (BWN) Vietnam Veterans Act of 2019, signed into law on June 25, 2019 went into effect on Jan. 1, 2020. The law presumes...

Is There a Union Meeting — Who cares?

January 23, 2020
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  Far too many local unions are not able to secure a quorum in order to carry out the functions of their membership meetings and fully represent...

APWU Members Instrumental in Achieving Legislative Milestone

January 23, 2020
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  With the achievement of more than two thirds support for the USPS Fairness Act in the House (301 cosponsors to date), H.R. 2382 has been placed...

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