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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.
Lynn Pallas-Barber Appointed Assistant Clerk Craft Director
March 10, 2014
The APWU Clerk Division Council approved the appointment of Lynn Pallas-Barber to the position of Assistant Clerk Craft Director “B” at a meeting on March 7. Pallas-Barber fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Lyle Krueth in January.
USPS Withdraws Challenge, PSE Hours Count Toward Desirable Duty Assignments
March 10, 2014
The Postal Service has withdrawn a challenge to provisions in the Collective Bargaining Agreement that require management to post newly created duty assignments using all available work hours — including hours worked by Postal Support Employees,...
Mail Handlers Union Joins ‘Stop Staples’ Campaign
March 10, 2014
The National Postal Mail Handlers Union (NPMHU) is offering “wholehearted support” for the ‘Stop Staples’ campaign, the union has announced.
Staples to Close 225 Stores
March 10, 2014
The March 6 announcement by Staples CEO Ron Sargent that the office-supply chain will close 225 stores by the end of 2015, “Proves that it’s a bad idea to turn over public postal services to a private company that can close stores with no public...
IL Local Says ‘No’ to New CPU
March 8, 2014
Approximately 70 APWU members and supporters lined the streets in Belleville, IL on March 7 to ask passersby not to patronize a newly opened postal retail operation at Ben Franklin's Crafts & Floral store. The store began offering postal...