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APWU Releases Q&As about 2025 Voluntary Early Retirement
February 1, 2025
The Voluntary Early Retirement (VER) recently announced for eligible postal workers by the Postal Service has generated many questions from the members of the APWU. The Postal Service published a list of questions and answers for our members.
House Resolution 70: Protecting the People’s Post Office
January 30, 2025
Please call APWU’s Legislative Hotline at 1-844-402-1001 to be connected to your member of Congress today, and ask them to cosponsor H. Res. 70, which expressly opposes postal privatization. Defending the people’s public Postal Service from...
National Executive Board Removes Constitution Provision in Conflict with Law
April 4, 2012
The National Executive Board (NEB) has removed from the APWU Constitution & Bylaws a provision that was in conflict with federal law.
OSHA Affirms Whistleblower Protection For Employees Reporting Workplace Injuries
April 3, 2012
Reporting work-related injuries and illnesses is “a core employee right,” the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has pointed out, “and retaliating against a worker for reporting an injury or illness is illegal discrimination.”
Maintenance Craft PSE National Dispute Resolved
March 30, 2012
The APWU and the Postal Service settled a Step 4 grievance on March 30 regarding the use of Postal Support Employees (PSEs) in the Maintenance Craft. The settlement stipulates that PSEs will only be used in custodial positions.
Union Calls for April Actions To Save the Postal Service
March 30, 2012
The APWU is asking state and local organizations to participate in two nationwide activities in April: Lobbying your senators at their home offices during the Easter recess, and informational leafleting on Tax Day, April 17.
PMG Tells Congress: Take Postal Workers Out of Federal Healthcare Program
March 28, 2012
Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe urged lawmakers to take postal employees out of the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) at a House hearing on March 27, claiming such a move would save the USPS $7 billion annually.