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PRC Advisory Opinion on USPS Service Standard Changes, Warns of ‘Significant Negative Impact’

February 4, 2025
In October 2024, the United States Postal Service announced proposed changes to how it collects and distributes outgoing mail that would lengthen the delivery service standards for much of the country’s First Class Mail. Before implementing the...

Maintenance Part-Time Regular Payout Update (February 2025)

February 3, 2025
Maintenance Director Idowu Balogun provides an update on the Maintenance PTR Settlement Payout as of February 2025.

April 28 is Workers Memorial Day

March 17, 2020
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Every year on April 28, workers and their organizations come together to remember those who have died, been injured, or contracted an occupational...

Senators Receive the Message – Fix the Prefunding Debacle

March 17, 2020
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Thousands of APWU members again stepped up to join the U.S. Mail: Not for Sale campaign’s nationwide phone action on Tuesday, February 25, to tell the...

APWU Again Preserves Pay Increases and Job Security

March 17, 2020
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) We have a new contract! With Arbitrator Goldberg’s award in early March 2020, our collective bargaining agreement is now set.

Keeping Control of Local Finances

March 17, 2020
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) One of the ways locals can ensure compliance with the Department of Labor (DOL) and safeguard union assets by promoting transparency and...

How Does a Union member Get Awakened?

March 17, 2020
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) I don’t know a union member that doesn’t want to belong to a strong, successful APWU local. To do that, we need members to be awakened and participate...

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