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News Article | July 13, 2022
What Is There To Hide?
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2022 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) In May 2022, the USPS Atlantic and Southern Area notified the Regional Union Leadership and the Management Associations that Postal Service HQ was disbanding the HQ COVID Command Team. The disbandment...
News Article | July 13, 2022
Moral March Unites Labor & Civil Rights Movements
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2022 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) On June 18th, just before the Juneteenth holiday, The Poor People’s Campaign held the “Mass Poor People’s and Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly and Moral March on Washington.” The Moral March brought thousand...
News Article | July 13, 2022
Q&A For Clerks on New Collective Bargaining Agreement
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2022 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) 1. Question: Does a Postal Support Employee (PSE) hired in an Administrative Post Office (APO), that allows for the 24-month automatic conversion to career, maintain that right and benefit if they are...
News Article | July 13, 2022
National Staffing Advocate Training: DC
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2022 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Washington DC: In an effort to continue providing local and state unions with maintenance craft staffing assistance, the APWU once again held formal national staffing advocate training in Washington, D...
News Article | July 13, 2022
MVS Update
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2022 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) The Craft had a National Arbitration hearing on May 23-24 to determine if the USPS violated Section 2 of the 2010 Contract Motor Vehicle Craft Jobs Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) by failing to conve...
News Article | July 13, 2022
Legislative Priorities and the Fight Ahead!
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2022 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Service Standards/Appropriations Returning USPS to its 2012 Service Standards remains a top priority of the APWU. In the 117th Congress, both the House and the Senate held hearings on USPS's declining...
News Article | July 13, 2022
Don’t Stop Building Union Power!
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2022 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) As I write this article, we have just hit the target of recruiting 5,000 new members for our Building Union Power organizing drive. I want to thank every member and officer who made Building Union Powe...
News Article | July 12, 2022
The PSRA and Postal Retirees
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2022 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) This time of the year we recognize the anniversary of Medicare, signed into law in July 1965 and Social Security, created in August 1935. We celebrated the April 6 passage of the 2022 Postal Service Re...
Postal Wire | July 12, 2022
PA, NJ, and DE Among 16 States Suing USPS Over Lack of Electric Vehicles (EVs)
News Article | July 11, 2022
2022 National Officer Election Candidates’ Online Statements Posted
Statements by candidates for national union office are posted on the APWU website in accordance with Article 11.3.c.2 of the APWU Constitution. To view the statements click here and follow the log-in instructions for the Members Only section.
News Article | July 11, 2022
Your Rights to a Safe Workplace
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2022 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Safety—how often do you think about your safety at work? Do you ever think about the impact it would have on your family if you were injured, sickened, or even killed on the job? The Postal Service is...
News Article | July 11, 2022
Mental Health Conditions and the FMLA
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2022 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) In May of this year, the Department of Labor updated the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to address mental health conditions. FMLA requires the employer to: Provide 12 work weeks of FMLA leave each...
Event | July 10, 2022
BASICS OF DISABILITY RETIREMENT FOR OFFICERS AND STEWARDS – ZOOM
This seminar is open to APWU members and you are encouraged to register online no later than Friday, July 8, 2022. You cannot attend while on the USPS clock and you cannot register or attend using USPS email address. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information abo...
PDF Resource | July 5, 2022
2022 Convention Schedule of Events
PDF Resource | July 1, 2022