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News Article | April 10, 2017

Postal Reform Questions & Answers

In order to have a healthy, sustainable, public Postal Service, legislation is necessary to protect postal customers and postal workers from USPS’s current financial crisis.  New postal reform legislation introduced in the 115th Congress helps to solve the pre-funding crisis and is fair to active an...

News Article | April 5, 2017

Final Payment for Retirees Regarding 1.6.b Global Settlement Remedy Agreement to be Distributed on April 21st

The Postal Service is distributing the final payment of the 1.6.b Global Settlement to retirees on April 21st. The payment is part of the remedy agreed upon in the Global Settlement reached between the APWU and the USPS on December 5, 2014. Eligible active employees have already received their final...

News Article | March 29, 2017

2017 APWU Scholarship Deadline Extended

The deadline for the submission of applications for the E.C. Hallbeck academic scholarship ($8,000 over a four-year period) and vocational scholarship ($3,000 over a three-year period) has been extended to May 31, 2017, APWU Secretary-Treasurer Liz Powell has announced.   

News Article | March 25, 2017

APWU Weighs In, Calling for an End to CPI Price Cap

The American Postal Workers Union (APWU) submitted comments before the March 20 deadline to the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) for their ongoing “10 Year Rate System Review,” required by Congress in the 2006 Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (PAEA). The Commission is reviewing the effect...

News Article | March 23, 2017

Union Administration Trainings Scheduled

Eastern & Northeast Regions Union Administration Training for the Eastern & Northeast Regions will take place from May 20 through May 26, 2017 at the Maritime Institute Hotel & Conference Center in Linthicum Heights, MD. Central & Western Regions Union Administration Training for the Central & Weste...

News Article | March 23, 2017

Motor Vehicle Service PSE Salary Exception Agreement Reached

On March 10, the Union signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Postal Service that remedies the situation where Motor Vehicle Service Postal Support Employees (PSE) who had been granted a salary exception were converted to career status within the same craft but to a lower level and rece...

News Article | March 20, 2017

Postal Reform Act of 2017 Moves Forward

On March 16, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee “marked-up” and approved the Postal Service Reform Act of 2017 (H.R. 756). A mark-up is a formal process where a congressional committee can consider and amend a bill before advancing it to the full House of Representatives or Senate....

News Article | March 17, 2017

NPC Members Take it to Capitol Hill

St. Charles Local President John Zamudio, Beth Zamudio, Greater Kansas City Metro Area Local Legislative Director Darcy Wood, Missouri Postal Workers Union Legislative Director Kirk Schroeder, Greater Kansas City Metro Area Local President Antoinette Robinson, Beverly Wolfmeyer, and St. Louis Gatewa...

News Article | March 9, 2017

18th Biennial APWU POWER Convention is Aug 24-27

The 18th Biennial APWU Post Office Women for Equal Rights (POWER) Convention will take place Thursday, Aug. 24 through Sunday, Aug. 27 at the Hyatt Regency Baltimore Inner Harbor, 300 Light Street, Baltimore, MD 21202.  

News Article | March 9, 2017

Final Payment of 1.6.b Global Settlement Remedy Agreement

The Postal Service is distributing the final payment of the 1.6.b Global Settlement to over 13,000 active employees and retirees this week.  The payment is part of the remedy agreed upon in the Global Settlement reached between the APWU and the USPS on December 5, 2014.  The terms of the settlement...

News Article | March 9, 2017

APWU Members Join UAW’s ‘March on Mississippi’

Over two dozen APWU members came from  multiple states to support the Nissan workers efforts to organize.  APWU members stood in solidarity at the “March on Mississippi” with Nissan workers attempting to organize a union and join the United Auto Workers (UAW). Over five thousand union brothers and s...

News Article | March 9, 2017

MTESC Workers Unanimously Ratify First Contract

New APWU members at the Mail Transport Equipment Service Center (MTESC) in Urbandale, IA, unanimously ratified an initial two-year contract... The contract will increase job security through the implementation of a grievance process, a guaranteed number of full-time employees and a “no-lay-off” clau...

News Article | March 8, 2017

International Working Women’s Day

(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) APWU officers, staff and members participated in the International Women's Day Rally. By Research & Education Director Joyce Robinson  International Women’s Day is celebrated around the world on March...

News Article | March 1, 2017

We Need Everyone to Be a Union Activist!

The success of the recent contract is due to the coalitions built on the  workroom floor during the 2015 Good Service, Good Jobs, Good Contract campaign.  Pictured are members from the Omaha Area Local wearing their union gear. (This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The Americ...

News Article | March 1, 2017

Q & A with Mark Dudzic

(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The U.S. health care system is broken. The Labor Campaign for Single Payer Healthcare (LCSP) calls for a total revamp. The American Postal Workers Union (APWU) supports their goal of health care for a...