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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.
The Road to a New Contract
May 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
The road to contract negotiations has been a long one. The APWU began holding internal weekly meetings in August 2014; the current Collective Bargaining...
Mail Delivery Takes a Dramatic Dive
May 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
Across the country, postal customers are complaining that they’re waiting longer for their mail. And while postal management dismisses the complaints as...
Canadian Postal Workers Launch Boycott
May 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
Postal workers in the United States and Canada face many of the same struggles – including the threat of privatization.
Mirroring the Stop Staples...
Virginia Clerk is the Talk of His Town
May 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
Tucked away in the western corner of Virginia, just across the Kentucky border, is the sleepy town of Pound.
On a frigid Tuesday morning this past...
In Historic Vote, Greece Elects Pro-Worker Party
May 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
Greece made history in January when it elected the pro-worker Syriza Party – the culmination of years of protests against dire economic conditions...