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Social Security Fairness Act Signed into Law!

January 6, 2025
On January 5, President Biden signed the Social Security Fairness Act into law, stating, “this victory is a culmination of a 40-year fight to provide security for workers who dedicate their lives to their communities."

Observance of National Day of Remembrance for Former President Jimmy Carter

January 6, 2025
As the nation mourns the passing of Former President Jimmy Carter, the United States Postal Service (USPS) will observe the National Day of Remembrance with a Day of Observance.

Arbitrator Rescinds ELM 546 Changes Agreed to in APWU-USPS 2006 MOU

Arbitrator Das, ruling in an NALC grievance in which the APWU intervened, ordered the Postal Service to rescind changes agreed to by the APWU and the USPS in a 2006 MOU "Re: Limited Duty and Rehabilitation Assignments Within APWU Crafts Involving...

Zero Base Initiative, Zero Change

The Zero Base Initiative, which is the Postal Service’s new terminology for the old Breakthrough Productivity Initiative (BPI), is causing concern among many Motor Vehicle Craft union members. While the name has changed, the stated goal of the...

Dispute Over Information Security Handbook

The APWU initiated a national dispute over the Postal Service's announcement of revisions to the AS-805 handbook governing Information Security. 

e-Team Report, Nov. 18, 2011

More Calls for USPS Privatization - Take Action Today! Tell Congress to Vote No on H.R. 2309! Congress Moves through Budget Funding Measure – Defers Postal Service’s Prefunding Deadline Congressman Introduces Two Pieces of Legislation Aiming to...

HCR Notice

This list shows the HCR (Highway Contract Route) solicitations the union was notified of since 1999. Local managers often tell union representatives that the national union was notified of these solicitations, when, in fact, notification has not...

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