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Part-Time Regular (PTR) Payout Update (February 2025)

February 3, 2025
Maintenance Director Idowu Balogun provides an update on the Maintenance PTR Settlement Payout as of February 2025.

How to Navigate to VER Plans, Optional Retirement Pages through USPS’s LiteBlue

February 3, 2025
Working in conjunction with Retirees Director Nancy Olumekor, the Industrial Relations Department has produced a presentation which provides step-by-step instructions on how active postal service employees with access to LiteBlue can navigate to the...

Building Our Future – A Challenge, A Priority

July 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the July-August 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) By Northeast Regional Coordinator John Dirzius As a proud member of the American Postal Workers Union since its birth in 1971, I have witnessed first-...

Selection from the In-Service Register

July 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the July-August 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) By Maintenance Craft Directors  We have noticed an uptick in the use of maintenance craft in-service registers. This makes it a good time to point...

Know Your Weingarten Rights

July 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the July-August 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) By Industrial Relations Director Vance Zimmerman What does a grocery store chain started in Texas in 1901 have to do with you? That chain of grocery...

A Significant Step Forward for Remedies

July 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the July-August 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) By Clerk Craft Directors  The APWU took a significant step forward in holding the Postal Service accountable for violations of the Collective...

Your Local Election Committee

July 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the July-August 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) By Secretary-Treasurer Liz Powell Union elections represent one of the foundations of our democracy. Union members have the right to nominate and vote...

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