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Update: CDL Medical Certification Integration

June 18, 2025
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) adopted a rule change in 2015, along with many other components of this rule change, was the requirement that the Medical Examiner who performs a Commercial Driver Certification physical will...

Candidates Nominated for APWU Election of National Officers

June 17, 2025
Secretary-Treasurer Elizabeth "Liz" Powell has announced that the following union members have been certified as candidates for election to national office by referendum balloting, as mandated by the APWU Constitution and Bylaws.

Supreme Court Shake Up

May 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)   The changing composition of the U.S. Supreme Court will have a broad impact on postal workers and the labor movement as a whole.    

Contract Arbitration Gets Underway

May 1, 2016
Mark Barrett, Heather Stewart and Georgena Walker. (This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Interest arbitration hearings for our new contract got underway in February and continued in March...

A Criminal Gets Off Easy

May 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) You may have heard recently of the conviction of a criminal named Don Blankenship. He was sentenced to one year in prison. I am one who believes our...

EAP Offers New Web-Based Therapy

May 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Computerized Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CCBT) is the newest addition to the bank of confidential Employees Assistance Program (EAP) services that are...

MVS Workers Drive the Message Home

May 1, 2016
MVS panel participants (top row): Michael McDonald, Steven Dietz, William Drew (bottom row) Robert Stierle, Virgil Fleming, Kevin Knapp and Robert Strickland. (This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker ...

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