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News Article | June 2, 2026
OWCP Updates
The Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs has made several important changes in recent months. Below is a summary.
News Article | June 2, 2026
Protect Your FMLA and USERRA Rights
The APWU has received complaints from union members recently of instances where the Postal Service is violating their rights under federal law, most notably the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) and the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA).
News Article | June 2, 2026
Protestors Rally to Save Distribution Centers
Protesters lined the sidewalk in front of the post office at Bay and Fahm streets in Savannah, GA, Oct. 15 to express their disapproval of the planned closure of the area’s mail processing and distribution center. Earlier this year, the Postal Service announced plans to close the sorting and process...
News Article | June 2, 2026
Safety Hazard on APPS Prime Function May Cause Serious Injury and Loss of Life
APWU members are advised not to use the “prime function” to pre-load belts on APPS (Automated Package Processing System) machines.
News Article | June 2, 2026
Save Social Security
The current debate over the nation’s deficit is being used as an excuse to advocate privatization of Social Security and Medicare, yet nearly 70 percent of Democrats and Republicans oppose cutting these vital programs, according to a poll conducted in February for The Hill newspaper.
News Article | June 2, 2026
The ‘3-Day Waiting Period’
Despite a long and hard-fought battle by the APWU, on Dec. 20, 2006, President Bush signed into law the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act, which included provisions that we vehemently opposed.
News Article | June 2, 2026
As Deadline Nears, APWU Keeps Up the Fight
Time is running out. We are quickly approaching the May 15 expiration of the moratorium on the closure and consolidation of mail processing plants and post offices. The moratorium is intended to give Congress the opportunity to pass a bill to address the Postal Service’s financial crisis — without d...
News Article | June 2, 2026
Avoid the Crisis of Foreclosure
Millions of American homeowners are facing financial difficulties because of the way their mortgages are structured. Some borrowers did not understand the risks of a mortgage tied to fluctuating interest rates. Others borrowed more than they could afford, in anticipation of ever-soaring real estate...
News Article | June 2, 2026
Award on Obligation to Notify APWU of Withdrawal of CFR Revision
Arbitrator Linda Byars sustained the union's position that in order to make moot the union's appeal to arbitration of a proposed revision to a regulation which the Postal Service does not intend to implement, the Service is required to notify the APWU that it is withdrawing the proposed revision.
News Article | June 2, 2026
Dispute Over Information Security Handbook
The APWU initiated a national dispute over the Postal Service's announcement of revisions to the AS-805 handbook governing Information Security.
News Article | June 2, 2026
Disputes Over Contract Postal Units Filed, Appealed to Arbitration
The APWU has initiated one dispute, and appealed another to national arbitration, over whether a contract postal unit (CPU) may exist in a facility when the Postal Service has use of the property by consignment or other special agreement, for example, on military bases, in national parks and in gove...
News Article | June 2, 2026
e-Team Report, Aug. 30, 2013
One Week Left to Meet With Lawmakers Before Summer Recess Ends Tell Congress: NO to Legislation that Enable Cuts to Service! Spreading our Message Far and Wide Labor Day…A Time to Pay Tribute, A Day of Opportunity 50th Years Later, March on Washington Commemorated in Nation’s Capital
News Article | June 2, 2026
e-Team Report, March 16, 2012
APWU Airs New Round of Television Ads Transportation in the House AFL-CIO Denounces State Voter ID Laws
News Article | June 2, 2026
e-Team Report, May 10, 2013
The Postal Service Protection Act Gains Bipartisan Support Postal Losses in Second Quarter Primarily Due to Prefund Mandate Compensatory Time Bill Passes House, Draws Criticism from Obama Administration and Worker Advocates House Bill Takes Aim at FEHBP Republicans Delay Obama Nominee for Secretary...
News Article | June 2, 2026
e-Team Report, Sept. 2, 2011
President Guffey to Testify before Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs Contact Your Member of the House Today! Republican Leaders Intend to Repeal Labor Regulations and Labor Board Issue Multiple Decisions Rolling Stone Article about War on Voting and Arizona Challenges Voti...