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News Article | August 9, 2025
Unions Discuss Proposed FECA Changes
The APWU hosted a meeting of unions on Feb. 28 to discuss proposed changes to the Federal Employees Compensation Act. Analyzing the Federal Injured Employees Re-Employment Act (FIERA) were labor organizations that represent postal and federal workers, including the APWU, the American Federation of G...
News Article | August 9, 2025
Starting a Small Business
Starting a business is an exciting proposition, but it’s also an incredibly challenging undertaking.
News Article | August 9, 2025
Sexual Harassment
In Fiscal Year 2008, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission received approximately 14,000 charges of sexual harassment; nearly 12,000 were resolved. Victims received more than $47 million in damages, with some aggrieved individuals obtaining additional monetary benefits through litigation.
News Article | August 9, 2025
New Toolkit Now Available
I'm pleased to report that a new organizing toolkit is now available to help APWU officers, organizations and members sign-up our co-workers who haven't yet joined the APWU! The new kit includes a Welcome Book, a brochure specially designed for PSEs, a new union sign-up form, and a host of other mat...
News Article | August 9, 2025
Vehicle Maintenance Estimated Repair Times Cannot Be Used for Discipline
In a recent national arbitration award, Arbitrator Shyam Das ruled that the Postal Service was not required to provide Article 19 notice to the union before implementing a 1998 Vehicle Maintenance Bulletin (VMB) that included Estimated Repair Times (ERTs), but sustained the Union's position that the...
News Article | August 9, 2025
e-Team Report, Jan. 6, 2012
Congress Passes Eight Month Extension PRC Slams Postal Service’s Plans for Retail Closures Senator Akaka Introduces New Legislation President Obama Makes Three Recess Appointments to NLRB
News Article | August 9, 2025
Dispute Over Reassignments of Partially Recovered Employees
This grievance involves the failure of the USPS to use craft seniority when making wholesale rehab/limited duty assignments after reassessing all of the medically restricted assignments in an installation.
News Article | August 9, 2025
Frequently Asked Questions About The Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
EAP is a free, voluntary program available to postal employees and their families. It is intended to provide timely, quality, confidential assistance when it is needed.
News Article | August 9, 2025
Helping a Loved One Overcome Addiction
Helping a loved one who is struggling with alcoholism, drug abuse, an eating disorder, or other destructive behavior can be challenging. Sometimes a direct, heart-to-heart conversation can lead to the road to recovery. But when it comes to addiction, you may need to join forces with others and take...
News Article | August 9, 2025
The State of U.S. Unions
At the end of 2008, union members accounted for 12.4 percent of employed wage-and-salary workers, according to the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. The number of workers belonging to unions rose by 428,000 to 16.1 million; which was a .3 percent increase over 2007.
News Article | August 9, 2025
Convention Recognizes Value of Retirees
With one exciting vote in Detroit in 1994, delegates to the 12th Biennial Convention of the American Postal Workers Union unanimously declared that retirees are respected and appreciated, and deserve a status that shows they are a strong part of their union.
News Article | August 9, 2025
e-Team Report, Aug. 19, 2011
Is a Postal Service Shutdown Less Than a Year Away if Legislative Changes Are Not Made? The Positive Influence of the Postal Service over the Years State-by-State Voter I.D. Law Look-Up Texas Hurting Veterans' Ability to Vote
News Article | August 9, 2025
Dispute Over Data Security Breaches/Missing USPS Laptops Appealed to Arbitration
The APWU has appealed to national-level arbitration a dispute over the Postal Service's security breaches of sensitive postal employee data resulting from missing or stolen postal laptop computers.
News Article | August 9, 2025
Maintenance Wins Significant Award
Recently Arbitrator Arthur T. Voss sustained the union’s grievance in Case #E10T-4E-C 11388721 , known as the Western Area Lock case or the Diebold case.
News Article | August 9, 2025
Fast Food Favorites
$10 gift cards to McDonald’s, Burger King, Church’s Chicken, Cinnabon, Nathan’s Famous, Pizza Hut, Starbucks, Subway and Taco Bell are an affordable way to say thank you to our hospitalized troops, as well as those returning from deployment to Afghanistan or other support theaters abroad, where it’s...