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2024 APWU Scholarship Deadline Extended
May 22, 2024
The 2024 APWU Scholarship deadlines for the E.C Hallbeck Memorial Scholarship, Vocational Scholarship, and Best Essay Award has been extended until June 30, 2024.
The Maintenance Division and the Article 12 Notification Process
May 21, 2024
Maintenance Craft Director Idowu Balogun provides information on the Article 12 notification process, and the steps required in our Collective Bargaining Agreement prior to excessing.
When OWCP Denies Compensation Based On a Previous Lost Wage Earning Capacity (LWEC) Determination
Some employees who have had their medically suitable job withdrawn by the Postal Service as a result of the National Reassessment Process (NRP) are being denied wage loss compensation by OWCP because of a previous LWEC decision. How does this happen...
Happy Grandparents Day!
Sunday, September 7 is Grandparents Day. In Ohio, Alliance members are celebrating the day with an event in Cortland. In Illinois, Alliance members in the East St. Louis area are celebrating the holiday today with Rep. William Enyart.
Faster Decisions for Veterans
The Fully Developed Claims (FDC) program is an optional new initiative being offered by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide faster, more accurate decisions to veterans, U.S. service members and survivors who are applying for...
OIG ‘Fraud’ Campaign
Who’s scamming who?
The USPS Office of Inspector General recently launched a “Workers’ Compensation Fraud Campaign.” In typical OIG fashion, one of its strategies involves demonizing injured workers by having an actor posing as a postal employee...
Vehicle Operations & Maintenance Assistants
The qualification standards for Vehicle Operations and Maintenance Assistant positions — VOMAs — were revised in January 2003. VOMAs are “all-craft” positions and can be bid on by members of any craft. VOMAs are not qualified to make major repairs.