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News Article | August 9, 2025
Hypertension Awareness
Blood pressure is the force exerted by the bloodstream as it flows through the arteries. The pressure on the arterial walls varies throughout the day, and several factors can cause blood pressure to be dangerously high relative to an individual's size and hereditary background. When blood pressure s...
News Article | August 9, 2025
e-Team Report, July 15, 2011
Union Busting Buried Within Issa’s Postal Reform Bill AFL-CIO Urges Senators to Delete Section Of Senate Bill 1010 in Order to Support Fair and Free Collective Bargaining for Postal Workers Democratic Governors Association to Kick Off Voter Protection Drive Department of Justice Files Lawsuit Accus...
News Article | August 9, 2025
Give to the Combined Federal Campaign
The Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) is an annual event that provides postal and federal employees with the opportunity to make tax-deductible donations to one or several of their favorite charities through payroll deduction. The CFC is the world’s largest and most successful workplace charity drive,...
News Article | August 9, 2025
GAO Misses the Mark
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) presented a 46-page report on the Postal Service’s National Reassessment Process (NRP) to Congress recently, but failed to address many glaring problems, including many issues raised by APWU representatives.
News Article | August 9, 2025
Dealing With Domestic Violence
Domestic violence is on the rise in the United States. In all cultures the perpetrators of domestic violence are usually men and the victims are almost always women.
News Article | August 9, 2025
e-Team Report, July 22, 2011
Council for Citizens Against Government Waste Comes Out in Support of Issa's H.R. 2309 Multiple Bills in Both House and Senate look to Overhaul Postal Service A Quick Question and Answer with Postmaster Donahoe Another Step Toward Victories in Ohio and Wisconsin
News Article | August 9, 2025
Dispute Over Time Spent Undergoing Medical Evaluation Appealed to Arbitration
The APWU has appealed to national-level arbitration a dispute over compensation to employees for all time spent undergoing medical evaluation or examinations at the employer's request, including travel expenses.
News Article | August 9, 2025
Fighting for the Middle-Class, One Grievance at a Time
Speaking on Labor Day in 2010, President Barack Obama said, “It was the labor movement that helped secure so much of what we take for granted today. The 40-hour work week, the minimum wage, family leave, health insurance, Social Security, Medicare, retirement plans. The cornerstones of middle-class...
News Article | August 9, 2025
Reasonable Accommodation for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
As part of negotiations for the union's 2006-2010 Collective Bargaining Agreement with the US Postal Service, the APWU has negotiated a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) regarding Reasonable Accommodation for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
News Article | August 9, 2025
No Change in USPS Attitudes
The old adage, “the more things change, the more they stay the same,” definitely applies to USPS managers.
News Article | August 9, 2025
Powered Industrial Truck (PIT) Training Is Part of DIE Job Description
A letter [PDF] from USPS to APWU President William Burrus rescinded a proposed change to the DIE position description that would have removed PIT training duties. (Includes accompanying documents.)
News Article | August 9, 2025
Buying Back Military Time
Far too many postal employees who have served in the military wait until immediately before retirement to buy back their service time, without realizing how long the process can take.
News Article | August 9, 2025
Identity Theft: A Growing Problem
When someone uses your name, address, Social Security number, bank or credit card account number, or other identifying information without your knowledge, it is called identity theft and incidences of fraud and other crimes related to it are on the rise.
News Article | August 9, 2025
e-Team Report, May 31, 2013
New Senate Bill to Fire Tax Delinquent Federal, Postal Employees U.S. Treasury to Borrow from Federal, Postal Retirement Accounts Pre-Funding Mandate Continues to Wreck Postal Finances, Rhetoric Masks Real Cause of USPS Financial Woes Suspicious Letters Tested Positive for Ricin Lawmakers Seek Addi...
News Article | August 9, 2025
Dispute: Global Settlement re: Violations of Article 1.6B.
This dispute involves the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding regarding the Global Settlement of violations of Article 1.6.B.