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News Article | September 9, 2025
e-Team Report, April 12, 2013
President Guffey Calls on USPS to Halt Consolidations Until Congress Acts Postal Service Protection Act Gains Co-Sponsors in the House and Senate Congressional Leaders Begin Work on Postal Reform House Committee to Hold Postal Hearing Next Week Show Support for Retired Public Employees & Call for a...
News Article | September 9, 2025
NRLCA Award on Review and Concurrence
A National Rural Letter Carriers Association (NRLCA) award in which the arbitrator found that Article 16.6 of the USPS-NRLCA National Agreement, which is not materially different from Article 16.8 of the USPS-APWU National Agreement, is violated “if there is a ‘command decision’ from higher authorit...
News Article | September 9, 2025
350 Retirees Attend St. Louis Older Americans Month Luncheon
More than 350 people attended the St. Louis Retiree Chapter's annual Older Americans Month Luncheon on May 9. Thanks to the work of Local President Frederick Wolfmeyer and retiree officers Shirley and Melvin Sanders, the event grows each year. St. Louis retirees serve as community and union orga...
News Article | September 9, 2025
As a Vet Returning From Vietnam …
If you elected to serve your country during the Vietnam Era or were drafted in the 1960s or early 1970s, you should read the following letter that I recently wrote to John McCain, the senior senator from Arizona. You may fall into the same category that I describe below. If you do, please let me kno...
News Article | September 9, 2025
Mental Health Screening
The USPS offers free, anonymous mental health screening to all employees and their families. Screening for depression and alcoholism are done via telephone or the internet. People who use these services will be offered brief questionnaires that provide information on the afflictions and encourage ca...
News Article | September 9, 2025
Solidarity in the Great Outdoors
Hunting, fishing and shooting are as American as apple pie. For some, these activities are recreational, for many, it’s a way of life. Union members and their families are no exception. Many have taken part in these great American past times for generations, which is why I am excited to introduce ou...
News Article | September 9, 2025
H.R. 3579: A Win-Win Bill
The APWU continues to pursue the re-employment of postal retirees in new retail outlets. One of the crowning achievements of the 2006 contract negotiations was the agreement under which Postal Service retirees would be eligible for part-time positions in retail outlets.
News Article | September 9, 2025
e-Team Report, March 8, 2013
Postal Service Protection Act Gains More Co-Sponsors House Bill Would Recalculate USPS Payments to FERS Sequestration Threatens the Postal Service’s Bottom Line House Passes Measure to Keep Six-Day Delivery
News Article | September 9, 2025
Supplemental Award on Remedy in Sunday Premium Case
In this award, Arbitrator Das denied the APWU's position that his Sunday Premium Award (see Union Wins Another Sunday Premium Case below) should be applied retroactively to all employees on a nationwide basis.
News Article | September 9, 2025
e-Team Report, April 17, 2012
Senate to Consider Postal Bill Today, April 17
News Article | September 9, 2025
New NPPN Pay Scale
The NPPN interest-arbitration award, issued April 28, 2009, granted five raises in the contract, which concludes on Aug. 10, 2012. Two raises were implemented retroactively, with a 3.3 percent increase effective Aug. 18, 2007, and a 3.1 percent raise effective since Aug. 16, 2008. As part of the imp...
News Article | September 9, 2025
News Article | September 9, 2025
Breakfast for Champions
Supporting the Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team is the latest endeavor for the APWU Human Relations Department. APWU locals and state organizations are being called upon to host a breakfast and rally our members to cheer for this remarkable team of champions when they come to your area to play...
News Article | September 9, 2025
OIG ‘Special Agents’ Don’t Have Special Rights
In a recent decision, the Employees Compensation Appeals Board (ECAB) ruled that the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs (OWCP) acted improperly when it terminated the benefits of an injured worker based on evidence that was impermissibly obtained (F.S., Appellant; Docket 11-863; Issued 9/26/20...
News Article | September 9, 2025
Dispute Over Consolidation of Districts Appealed to Arbitration
The APWU has appealed to arbitration a dispute over the Postal Service's unilateral consolidation of six USPS Districts. By letter dated May 12, 2009, the union was informed that six district offices had been consolidated and that effective July 4, 2009, the casual reports used by the Union to monit...