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News Article | April 10, 2026
Award on USPS Use of Casuals in Lieu of Career Employees
An award by Arbitrator Shyam Das sustaining the APWU’s grievance over the Postal Service’s improper use of casuals in lieu of career employees.
News Article | April 10, 2026
e-Team Report, April 20, 2012
Tell Your Senators to Support Key Amendments to S. 1789
News Article | April 10, 2026
Senate Holds Hearing on Social Security Field Office Closures and Service Cuts
On Wednesday, the Senate Special Committee on Aging held a hearing to look at the impact of recent Social Security field office closures and service cuts. Although the Social Security Administration (SSA) is receiving record numbers of claims as the Baby Boomer generation hits retirement age, budget...
News Article | April 10, 2026
The Alliance Releases Annual Voting Record Rating Congress
On Thursday, the Alliance released its annual report detailing the voting record of every U.S. Representative and Senator on issues important to current and future retirees. The voting record looks at 10 key votes in both the Senate and the House and assigns a “Pro-Retiree” score for each member of...
News Article | April 10, 2026
APWU Nurses Advised That Contract – Though Expired – Still Offers Protection
As the bargaining team for APWU-represented nurses prepares for interest arbitration hearings beginning in late March, Support Services Division Director Bill Manley assured the unit’s members that the terms of their expired contract remain in effect.
News Article | April 10, 2026
Union Protests Assignment of ET Duties
The union has initiated a dispute at the national level (Case # Q06T-4Q-C-07270988) protesting the Postal Service’s decision to use contractors and other non-Maintenance Craft employees to install upgraded computer software on PARS machines. The duties in question are the responsibility of Electron...
News Article | April 10, 2026
Appeals Pending in Important Cases Affecting Preference-Eligible Veterans
Any veterans' preference-eligible employee who gets a notice that his or her duty assignment has been abolished and that he or she will become unassigned, should immediately ask a manager whether there are duty assignments available in the same level.
News Article | April 10, 2026
Rallying Community Support Is Key to Keeping Post Offices Open
Too far for walking, too crowded for waiting, and too congested for driving and parking.” The phrase has become almost a mantra in communities where the Postal Service is rushing to shut down retail units, and shunt consumers off to what might be described as “the next nearest Post Office.”
News Article | April 10, 2026
Maintenance Selection System & Non-MSS Positions
There are two categories of positions in the Maintenance Craft – MSS positions and Non-MSS positions — with a different application process for each category. The "pecking order" for filling positions is the same. (See JCIM, Article 38, Order for Filling Vacant Maintenance Positions). Some common MS...
News Article | April 10, 2026
Progress Made In Drug and Alcohol Testing
After a long and arduous struggle, the USPS has published “Drug and Alcohol Testing of Employees With a Commercial Driver’s License,” a revised version of a Management Instruction. We consider the publication of this new MI (PO-720-95-3) a real victory for the MVS division, as the revisions include...
News Article | April 10, 2026
Earn a Business Degree Online
Union members who are interested in starting a business, improving the performance of an existing business, or who are simply interested in acquiring business knowledge can do so by earning an online Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business Administration from the National Labor College.
News Article | April 10, 2026
The Status of NRP
Recently a Postal Service official confirmed that as of December 2010 all reassessments were completed. As a result, the National Reassessment Process protocols are no longer being used. APWU was advised that official union notification has been delayed until authorization is granted by the USPS Leg...
News Article | April 10, 2026
Preserve Private-Sector Jobs in Southern Ohio
An APWU drive to organize several hundred workers at DHL’s ABX “hub” in southwestern Ohio has shifted gears: The APWU is now at the forefront of a community-based campaign to try to preserve approximately 7,000 jobs.
News Article | April 10, 2026
Long-Term-Care Insurance
We appreciate our independence. However, as we age, many of us will need help performing everyday activities such as dressing, bathing, and moving from room to room. Our memory may deteriorate to the point that it impacts our ability to reason.
News Article | April 10, 2026
Help for Your Survivors
This column regularly covers topics important to current and future retirees and their families. Usually the topics are related to retirement itself, but this article is intended to help your “survivors” smoothly handle your affairs when you no longer are around.