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News Article | April 27, 2026
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 | April 27, 2026
Award on Driver Instructor-Examiner (DIE) Qualification Standard
A national level award sustaining the APWU’s challenge to 1994 changes in the Driver Instructor and Examiner (DIE) Qualification Standard. (USPS #Q90V-4Q-C 95004852; 4/13/2004)
News Article | April 27, 2026
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 | April 27, 2026
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.
News Article | April 27, 2026
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 | April 27, 2026
No Consensus So Far on Extension of Unemployment Benefits
Negotiations to extend emergency benefits for the long-term jobless came to a standstill in the Senate on Tuesday. That leaves more than 1.4 million people without federal unemployment aid at least until late January, when lawmakers are likely to resume consideration of the legislation. For more tha...
News Article | April 27, 2026
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 | April 27, 2026
Contracting Enforcement
Unlike “contract enforcement,” which is the job of all good union representatives, “contracting enforcement” refers specifically our efforts to stop management from assigning our work to non-postal employees. Our ability to do that received a significant boost recently from a ruling by Arbitrator Sh...
News Article | April 27, 2026
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 | April 27, 2026
PMG Seeks to Take Us Out of Federal Healthcare Plan
"The APWU will vehemently oppose any plan to take postal employees or retirees out of the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program," writes APWU Executive Vice President Greg Bell in an article for the union's magazine.
News Article | April 27, 2026
Long-Term Care A Problem Too Long Ignored
Our nation has too long ignored the need to address in a fiscally responsible manner the emerging long-term crisis facing seniors, baby boomers, and younger people with disabilities.
News Article | April 27, 2026
Union Wins Another Sunday Premium Case
In another significant win for the union, an arbitrator has ruled that the Postal Service must grant Sunday premium pay to employees who work on Sunday, even if the work is the result of an employee's request for a temporary change of schedule for their own personal convenience.
News Article | April 27, 2026
Resource Management Database (RMD) Settlement
A pre-arbitration settlement (USPS #Q98C-4Q-C 01005505) concerning the Postal Service’s Resource Management Database (RMD) and its web-based enterprise Resource Management System (eRMS).
News Article | April 27, 2026
e-Team Report, April 13, 2012
APWU Continues Outreach Senator - Postal Worker for a Day Workers Ready to Fight Fire with Fire this Election Right to Work Stalls Again
News Article | April 27, 2026
Questions and Answers for the New Customer Care Center in Wichita, KS
The APWU and USPS have agreed to a series of Questions and Answers [PDF] regarding the establishment of a new Customer Care Center in Wichita, KS.