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News Article | January 1, 2018

Protests Against Job, Service Cuts Continue

Members of the Des Moines Area Local and the  Des Moines BMC Local picket in front of the downtown P&DC. (This article first appeared in the January-February 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  APWU members from coast-to-coast continue to fight against postal management’s cuts to job...

News Article | December 22, 2017

Happy Holidays!

News Article | December 22, 2017

Unpopular Tax Bill Passes

On Wednesday Dec. 20, Congress voted to pass a tax bill designed to reward the super wealthy and major corporations with more money. Despite being an unpopular bill opposed by hard-working families across the country, it passed without any bipartisan support and awaits the president’s signature to b...

News Article | December 12, 2017

Clerk Craft Successfully Stops “End of Day” Button

In an award issued December 8, 2017, Das found that the “End of Day” button – a function the Postal Service added into the Retail System Software (RSS) point-of-sale system allowing postmasters to enter and exit the system without fully closing out – did not satisfy the requirement in the Global Set...

News Article | December 11, 2017

New Leave Year Begins Jan. 6

Per the Collective Bargaining Agreement, the new leave year begins and ends as indicated below: Begins: PP 02-2018, Jan 6, 2018  Ends: PP 01-2019, Jan 4, 2019  

News Article | December 1, 2017

U.S. Senate Seems to Have the Votes to Pass their Shameful Tax Plan

Headlines: U.S. Senate Seems to Have the Votes to Pass their Shameful Tax Plan; Alliance Pension Seminar Wraps up Today; Sen. Marco Rubio: GOP will cut Social Security and Medicare; West Virginia and Maryland/DC Alliance Chapters Hold their Conventions; The Union Edge Brings the Latest in Labor News...

News Article | December 1, 2017

APWU Clashes with Management on New 3971 Language

The Postal Service’s Request for or Notification of Absence (Form 3971) has been amended to include a new section applicable to those going on leave without pay (LWOP) for official union business... This certification is an overreaction by the Postal Service to the July 14, 2017 report by the U.S. O...

News Article | November 23, 2017

Happy Thanksgiving from APWU!

News Article | November 17, 2017

House of Representatives Votes to Have Seniors Subsidize the Wealthiest 1%

The U.S. House approved a plan to provide tax breaks to the wealthiest Americans and corporations on Thursday by a vote of 227-205. If H.R.1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, becomes law, the deficit will explode by more than $1.4 trillion and automatic spending cuts will kick in. For starters, there will...