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APWU Maintenance Division Secures $15 Million Part-Time Regular Settlement Agreement

September 23, 2024
In 2021, the APWU Maintenance Division filed a national dispute regarding the Postal Service's violation of Article 7 section 3 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), specifically concerning the 2.5 percent cap on the total number of Part-...

NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE: APWU and USPS 'Stop The Clock' to Continue Bargaining

September 21, 2024
As the current contract was due to expire at midnight, September 20, 2024, APWU and USPS agreed to 'Stop The Clock' to continue bargaining for a new contract workers deserve.

Q&A on PVS Drivers Program MOU

The APWU and USPS agreed on Feb. 4, 2010, to a series of Questions and Answers [PDF] regarding the Jan. 15, 2009, Memorandum of Understanding establishing a pilot program that experiments with alternative scheduling for Postal Vehicle Service...

A Preventable Cancer

September is “Gynecological Cancer Awareness Month,” and women are strongly urged to get screened for the human papillomavirus (HPV), which is the cause of virtually all cervical cancer, and which can be prevented.

Dispute Over Reassignment of Non-Bargaining-Unit Employees To Bargaining-Unit Positions Appealed to Arbitration

The Union has appealed to arbitration a dispute over whether the Postal Service violates the collective bargaining agreement when it reassigns non-bargaining-unit employees to bargaining-unit positions in an installation or craft where (1) there is...

e-Team Report, July 26, 2013

Issa Advances His Postal Destruction Bill Out of Committee – Have Your Representatives Heard from You? Oversight Committee’s Ranking Member Calls Several Provision in Postal Bill “Extreme” Replacement Nominees for NLRB Announced following Senate...

Safety Hazard on APPS Prime Function May Cause Serious Injury and Loss of Life

APWU members are advised not to use the “prime function” to pre-load belts on APPS (Automated Package Processing System) machines.

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