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News Article | November 14, 2025
Safety ‘Happy Talk’ Just Isn’t Enough
Postal officials frequently brag about their commitment to workers’ safety, but their actions don’t always line up with the “happy talk.”
News Article | November 14, 2025
For Employees Covered by the Information Technology/Accounting Services Agreement:
There will not be any additional COLA under the 2007-2011 IT/AS Agreement . Future increases are dependent on the outcome of current negotiations for a successor contract to the 2007-2011 IT/AS Agreement. Under the 2007-2011 IT/AS Agreement, employees received cost-of-living adjustments totaling $2,...
News Article | November 14, 2025
e-Team Report, Sept. 6, 2013
August Action Recap: Have You Reported Back? APWU Files Charges With Postal Regulatory Commission over Facility Closures, Service Standards Late Mail Spreads to Southeast Missouri Postal Retirement Benefits Remain Under Intense Scrutiny
News Article | November 14, 2025
APWU Members Ratify New Contract
APWU members approved a new contract may 11, with more than 75 percent of those casting ballots in favor of ratification. The final tally was 69,451 to 22,351 in voting that ended May 10. The agreement will expire May 20, 2015.
News Article | November 14, 2025
Contract Negotiations Underway
Contract negotiations began on Sept. 1, and bargaining sessions are scheduled every week during the months of September, October, and November. The current contract expires at midnight on Nov. 20, 2010, and a lot of hard bargaining will take place between now and then.
News Article | November 14, 2025
Dispute Over VER and Severance Pay Appealed to Arbitration
The APWU has appealed to national-level arbitration a dispute over bargaining unit employees' entitlement to severance pay when they accept voluntary early retirement (VER) benefits.
News Article | November 14, 2025
e-Team Report, Sept. 20, 2013
Guffey Testifies at Senate Committee Hearing on Postal Reform, Senators Question Service Standards Second Postal Hearing Scheduled Postal Service to Default on Pre-Funding Payment for 2013 Conservative Lawmakers Threaten Government Shutdown and Default on Nation’s Debt
News Article | November 14, 2025
Stand Up for Your Rights
The lyrics from the famous tune by Bob Marley sum it all up: Get up, Stand up, Stand up for your rights! We must adopt these words as our marching orders if we are going to save the USPS from postal managers, members of Congress and the Wall Street privatizers who want to dismantle the Postal Servic...
News Article | November 14, 2025
Support APWU Members Serving in the Military
The APWU is coordinating an effort to show support for union members and their loved ones who are serving in the military. We plan to send them care packages and acknowledge their sacrifice by posting their name, address, and photo on our Web site.
News Article | November 14, 2025
USPS Misrepresentations Lead to Barrage of Criticism
The Postal Service’s top management, including Postmaster General Donahoe, has been drawing fire from all sides in recent months, after a series of disturbing and embarrassing revelations. Criticism of postal management started mounting after the USPS filed a request with the Postal Regulatory Commi...
News Article | November 14, 2025
Draft Staffing and Grade Criteria Handbook Settlement
This settlement (case # Q00C4QC05027011) provides that the draft Staffing and Grade Criteria Handbook is not a handbook, manual or published regulation with the force and effect pursuant to Article 19.
News Article | November 14, 2025
Advance Directives Speak for You When You Can’t Speak for Yourself
Less than 25 percent of Americans have expressed their thoughts in writing about how they want to be cared for at the end of their lives. Although most people avoid the subject, it's important to have an "Advance Directive" to ensure that your wishes are carried out if a serious illness deprives you...
News Article | November 14, 2025
Doc Fix Prevents Cuts to Medicare Providers for a Year
On Thursday, the House approved a so-called “doc fix” bill that serves as a temporary solution to an ongoing structural problem in the formula used to determine Medicare funding levels. After hours of uncertainty over whether the bill would have sufficient support to pass, House Republican leaders m...
News Article | November 14, 2025
Health Coverage When Injured at Work
Employees who are injured on duty and placed on the rolls of the Office of Workers Compensation Programs (OWCP) remain eligible for health benefits, provided they are enrolled in one of the Federal Employee Health Benefit (FEHB) plans for five years preceding the start of compensation. Employees wit...
News Article | November 14, 2025
Award on Inspection of Vehicles in Non-Public Areas of Postal Property
Arbitrator Linda Byars denied the APWU's grievance challenging the Postal Service's regulations and implementing instructions for the administrative inspection of vehicles entering non-public areas of postal property.