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News Article | November 20, 2020
Penalty Overtime Exclusion Period, New Leave Year
Reminder, in accordance with Article 8, sections 4 and 5, of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, penalty overtime rules are not applicable for a consecutive four-week period each year during December. This year, the December period begins November 28, 2020 (Pay Period 25-20-Week 2) and ends Decemb...
PDF Resource | November 20, 2020
USPS Report: PSE District Compliance Report Pay Period 23 – November 06, 2020
News Article | November 19, 2020
APWU Members and Allies Continue Push to Save the Post Office
On November 17, APWU members and community allies came together in virtual and in-person events across the country to reaffirm our demands for $25 billion in immediate COVID-19 financial relief from Congress and a permanent reversal of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s delays. During the election, p...
PDF Resource | November 18, 2020
2020 11-18 COVID-19 SUT 55 ALL EMPLOYEES_Social Distancing Reminder
News Article | November 17, 2020
A ‘New Normal’ at the End of 2020
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Who would have thought what we considered the “norm” at the beginning of 2020 would look so different today? Ringing in the 2020 New Year was in some manner similar to ringing in the New Year bac...
News Article | November 17, 2020
Advancing Postal Banking in a New Political Landscape
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) A changing political landscape offers new opportunities for the Campaign for Postal Banking to advance an agenda for expanded postal financial services. Of course, simply electing politicians who...
News Article | November 17, 2020
Alternative Delivery and Access Point Program
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Members will recall the APWU’s successful Stop Staples fight to prevent the Postal Service from utilizing Staples stores to offer certain postal products and services through its Retail Partner E...
News Article | November 17, 2020
APWU Leaders and Members on the Frontlines in 2020
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) From a solid new union contract to the tragic pandemic, from a new PMG and mail delays to actions in support of racial justice, through the most pivotal presidential election in modern history,...
News Article | November 17, 2020
APWU Standing up for Safe Jobs
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) The safety of all postal employees is one of the most important issues that the APWU faces. At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the APWU led the charge to meet with the Postal Service, impleme...
News Article | November 17, 2020
At ODDS with USPS on DOT Changes
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) The APWU disagrees with the USPS on recent changes to the Department of Transportation (DOT) Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) physicals, and the establishment of a Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse...
News Article | November 17, 2020
Continuing Our Work in a New Administration
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) The past four years have been perhaps the most critical since the founding of A Grand Alliance to Save our Public Postal Service in 2013. The Trump administration, following decades of corporate-...
News Article | November 17, 2020
Continuing the Momentum in the Georgia Runoff Elections
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Members of the American Postal Workers Union understood what was at stake this election. Amid attacks on the Postal Service, active voter suppression and a pandemic, we voted to defend our public...
News Article | November 17, 2020
Delivering Democracy: Election Mail Committees are a Major Success
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) During the 2020 General Election cycle, the APWU joined a Postal Service national level task force to help guarantee that election mail was given the necessary priority to ensure that tens of mil...
News Article | November 17, 2020
Detroit District Area Local Issues Proclamation to Stand for Democracy
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Below is a reprint of a proclamation by the Detroit District Area Local published in October. The Baltimore Francis ‘Stu’ Filbey Area Local and the Nations Capital Southern Maryland Area Local pa...
News Article | November 17, 2020
From the Field
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Below are quotes from various APWU local and state publications throughout the country. All the publications listed are part of the Postal Press Association (PPA). For more information on the PPA...