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How to Navigate to VER Plans, Optional Retirement Pages through USPS’s LiteBlue

February 3, 2025
Working in conjunction with Retirees Director Nancy Olumekor, the Industrial Relations Department has produced a presentation which provides step-by-step instructions on how active postal service employees with access to LiteBlue can navigate to the...

APWU Releases Q&As about 2025 Voluntary Early Retirement

February 1, 2025
The Voluntary Early Retirement (VER) recently announced for eligible postal workers by the Postal Service has generated many questions from the members of the APWU. The Postal Service published a list of questions and answers for our members.

Virtual Bargaining During a Pandemic

November 17, 2020
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) The year 2020 has been a trying year for the Support Services Division. The pandemic has changed the way we do business. This is especially true...

We Were Built for Times Like This

November 17, 2020
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) I want to take this opportunity to say thank you to the postal heroes who are working on the front lines daily, continuing to provide much-...

Detroit District Area Local Issues Proclamation to Stand for Democracy

November 17, 2020
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Below is a reprint of a proclamation by the Detroit District Area Local published in October. The Baltimore Francis ‘Stu’ Filbey Area Local and...

At ODDS with USPS on DOT Changes

November 17, 2020
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) The APWU disagrees with the USPS on recent changes to the Department of Transportation (DOT) Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) physicals, and...

Delivering Democracy: Election Mail Committees are a Major Success

November 17, 2020
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) During the 2020 General Election cycle, the APWU joined a Postal Service national level task force to help guarantee that election mail was...

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