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News Article | November 15, 2023
The USPS 10-Year Plan: Impact on APWU Members and Collaborative Solutions
Southern Region Coordinator Yared Wonde explains APWU’s approach to the USPS’s 10 Year Plan and its impact on postal workers.
News Article | November 15, 2023
Updates on National Disputes, Penalty Exclusion Period, and a Holiday Greeting
Industrial Relations DIrector Charlie Cash updates members on some pending national disputes, penalty exclusion period, and brings greetings for the holidays.
News Article | November 15, 2023
Workers on the Move!
While corporate profits and income inequality soar and galloping inflation makes life harder, more and more workers are “standing up and fighting back” with an encouraging new militancy.
News Article | September 20, 2023
APWU Members Paint a Stark Picture of Toxic Workplaces
An APWU workplace survey of more than ten thousand APWU members has painted a stark picture of hostile work environments, low morale, and understaffing, overseen by poorly trained, ineffective, and disrespectful managers.
News Article | September 19, 2023
APWU Scholarships
The 2023 scholarship committee met and reviewed all applications received by the May 31 deadline. The committee verifies the criteria and documents outlined in the application, with primary emphasis on the knowledge and understanding of unions displayed in the essay. The committee received 122 schol...
News Article | September 19, 2023
Save Our Post Offices and Branches
Be on the lookout for Suspensions and Discontinuance of Post Offices. If you are the employee being affected or are a customer and hear or read about a post office possibly being suspended or discontinued/closed, contact your local union as soon as possible. Your union can investigate the situation...
News Article | September 19, 2023
The APWU is Launching an Important New Campaign and Every Member Can Help
Mail is changing. Every postal worker knows it. There are ever fewer letters and flats, and increasingly more packages. First-class mail, the main historic driver of postal revenues, has been significantly reduced with the advent of the internet. Fewer customers actually come into post offices to pu...
News Article | September 18, 2023
2010 MVS Jobs MOU Arbitration Decision
The Motor Vehicle craft has received National level Arbitrator Brent’s ruling in case Q10C-4Q-C 4256800, interpreting the language from the MVS Jobs Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). In this MOU, the parties agreed to return a minimum of 600 Postal Vehicle Service (PVS) routes to the MVS craft, alo...
News Article | September 18, 2023
2023 Bulk Mail Centers (BMC) Conference, Kansas
The Bulk Mail Center (BMC) Conference convened on Monday, April 17, 2023, at the Argosy Casino Hotel & Spa in Riverside, MO. The conference was chaired by Terry B. Martinez, BMC Coordinator, and hosted by Michelle Fitzpatrick, Kansas Kaw Valley Area Local. Twenty of the 21 BMCs were present, and 120...
News Article | September 18, 2023
APWU Health Plan Chief Operating Manager Has Retired
Carroll “Rocky” Midgett, Chief Operating Manager of the APWU Health Plan, will retire after almost 42 years of service. Randy Griffin has been appointed the new Chief Operating Manager. Mr. Griffin will assume the role on Sept. 05, 2023.
News Article | September 18, 2023
APWU Leadership Institute Comes to Life!
“After five years of planning, interrupted by the pandemic, we are excited to announce the formation of the National APWU Leadership Institute,” shared APWU President Mark Dimondstein. “The national APWU recognizes our responsibility to help strengthen the work of current leaders, and [to] develop o...
News Article | September 18, 2023
Contract Negotiations Update
Earlier this year, I wrote about the contracts the Support Service Division would negotiate this year. We are currently in the heart of “negotiations season” with one ratified contract, one tentative agreement, and three ongoing contract negotiations. This article will update everyone on the status...
News Article | September 18, 2023
Effective Leaders Needed
What makes an effective leader? What sets them apart from other people? Is it their educational background, financial status, age, race, sex, or occupation? No, it is their awareness of the challenges they face, and the enthusiasm for creating new opportunities.
News Article | September 18, 2023
Fighting for the Issues that Matter: Social Security Fairness, Citizen Power, and More!
Your Legislative Department continues to press forward on the Social Security Fairness Act (H.R. 82/S. 597). The Social Security Fairness Act would repeal both the Government Pension Offset (GPO) and the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP). These two provisions negatively impact individuals under t...
News Article | September 18, 2023
Leave My Leave Alone
You earn leave, it’s yours! Pursuant to the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) Articles 3,5,10,19 management must comply with the leave regulations outlined in Chapter 510 of the Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM). Far too often, managers ignore or misapply those rules. Here are some commo...