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PDF Resource | March 31, 2023
Legislative Priority: Equal COLA Act
PDF Resource | March 31, 2023
Legislative Priority: Social Security Expansion Act
Event | March 25, 2023
APWU Retirees Dept. Retirement Planning Seminar on ZOOM
SPECIAL NOTES: 1-Participants must be an active APWU member or retiree dues paying APWU member. 2-Participants cannot register with a USPS email address, i.e. @usps.gov. 3-Each participant must register individually and not as a group. 4-Participants should not attend this training on the Postal...
Video | March 21, 2023
News Article | March 16, 2023
My Consumer Driven Option
On behalf of the entire APWU Health Plan, I would like to welcome all of our new members and their families. The Health Plan team looks forward to serving you for many years to come. The APWU Health Plan offers two rich and comprehensive plans: the High Option and the Consumer Driven Option. This Op...
News Article | March 16, 2023
Women’s Rights Are Under Attack
Today, in the USA, women’s rights are under attack. Women are being told what they can and can’t do with their bodies. Although one might not personally believe in abortion, it’s not up to anyone, especially a man, to tell a woman what’s religiously right and wrong. It’s up to the woman to make that...
News Article | March 16, 2023
What’s the 411 on Capitol Hill?
With the 118th Congress underway, there is already much talk throughout the country on the debt ceiling, a legislative limit on the amount of debt that can be incurred by the United States Treasury Department. The Treasury Department has already undertaken extraordinary measures to keep the governme...
News Article | March 16, 2023
“What Have You Done For Me Lately?”
What’s the first thing you hear from a non-member when you ask them to join the union? Maybe surprise! Many non-members have never been asked to join the union. But a lot more non-members really just don’t understand what we are and what we do. They might ask “Why? What’s the union going to do for m...
News Article | March 16, 2023
Join The Fight for Social Security and a Better Tomorrow
The Social Security Fairness Act (H.R. 82) was re-introduced during the first week of the 118th Congress. Cosponsors are signing-on to the bill; however, they must also vote for the bill while it passes through the various House committees and when it finally reaches the floor of the House. We must...
News Article | March 16, 2023
Together, We Can Overcome Any Obstacle
As a new officer writing my first article, I would like to start by saying that I am honored and humbled to have been elected as Southern Regional Coordinator of our great union. I cannot express enough my gratitude for the trust and confidence you have placed in me. I assure you that I will do my u...
News Article | March 16, 2023
Training, Regional Assistants and COVID Leave
The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA), which protected federal workers who contracted COVID-19 (COVID), expired on Jan. 27, 2023. We are providing the following information to members on the new procedures for COVID-related workers’ compensation (OWCP) claims through the Federal Employees’ Com...
News Article | March 16, 2023
Department of Transportation Testing Violations by USPS Contractor
The APWU strives to ensure USPS compliance with the Department of Transportation (DOT) rules and regulations as related to our Motor Vehicle Service Division members whose positions require a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL). APWU and the USPS have resolved several disputes when the Postal Service...
News Article | March 16, 2023
Contract Negotiations in the Year Ahead
Our collective bargaining agreements are the foundation of the relationship between APWU members and management. Our collective bargaining agreements are the contracts that establish the wages, benefits, and working conditions that we work under. When these contracts expire, the union must enter int...
News Article | March 16, 2023
APWU Files National Dispute Over New Employee Orientation
The COVID-19 pandemic caused numerous problems for the Postal Service and the postal unions, but more importantly, the employees. The APWU and the other unions did our best to ensure that the safety of the members we represent was the foremost issue to account for by management during those difficul...
News Article | March 16, 2023
Know Your Rights At Work!
One of the basic rights you have in the Postal Service is the right to meet with a steward if your contractual rights have been violated. You have the right to representation by a steward in any meeting that could lead to discipline, and the right to meet with a steward to file a grievance.