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Negotiations Update Support Services (May 2025)

May 19, 2025
Support Services Director Arrion Brown provides an update on the current and recently completed negotiations for workers covered in the Support Services Division.

It Is Always About the Work

May 19, 2025
In the ever-expanding world of postal words and jargon, ‘RTO’ and ‘LTO’ are recent additions you may see as a postal worker. These stand for Regional Transportation Optimization (RTO) and Local Transportation Optimization (LTO).” MVS Director...

e-Team Report, April 13, 2012

APWU Continues Outreach Senator - Postal Worker for a Day Workers Ready to Fight Fire with Fire this Election Right to Work Stalls Again

Unions Discuss Proposed FECA Changes

The APWU hosted a meeting of unions on Feb. 28 to discuss proposed changes to the Federal Employees Compensation Act. Analyzing the Federal Injured Employees Re-Employment Act (FIERA) were labor organizations that represent postal and federal...

Starting a Small Business

Starting a business is an exciting proposition, but it’s also an incredibly challenging undertaking.

Vehicle Maintenance Estimated Repair Times Cannot Be Used for Discipline

In a recent national arbitration award, Arbitrator Shyam Das ruled that the Postal Service was not required to provide Article 19 notice to the union before implementing a 1998 Vehicle Maintenance Bulletin (VMB) that included Estimated Repair Times...

Internal Strife Can Destroy the Family

We have heard it most of our lives: “a house divided against itself cannot stand.” That famous quote by President Abraham Lincoln referred to our national “house.” It certainly applies to our union, which is like a big family. We need unity to win...

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