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Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee holds Hearing on Oversight of the USPS

April 16, 2024
On 4/16, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a hearing to conduct oversight of the USPS. The purpose of the hearing, as stated by Committee Chaiman Senator Gary Peters office

Grievance Moratorium will be in Effect Due to 2024 National Convention

April 11, 2024
The APWU and the Postal Service have agreed to a moratorium on grievances, disciplinary actions and arbitration hearings at the national, regional, state and local levels from July 8 through July 22, 2024, due to the 2024 APWU Biennial Convention,...

Dispute Filed Over USPS Failure to Create Bargaining Unit Jobs at Greensboro HRSSC

The APWU has filed a national-level dispute over the Postal Service's failure to create bargaining unit positions at the Human Resources Shared Services Center (HRSSC) in Greensboro, NC. The union contends, among other things, that this is work that...

e-Team Report, Jan. 25, 2013

State Efforts Chipping Away at Union Membership, Especially for Public Sector Workers Debt Ceiling Temporarily Averted The Politics of Crisis and Postal Reform Forever Stamps Rising to 46 Cents Lawmakers Back Away From Federal Employee Pay Freeze (...

New USPS "Observation of Work Practices" Forms Appealed to Arbitration

The APWU has appealed to national level arbitration the creation of two new USPS "Observation of Work Practices" forms.

Management Publishes New Drug and Alcohol Testing Policy

The Postal Service has finally published a new Drug and Alcohol Testing policy, Management Instruction PO-720-2010-1 [PDF], which became effective Dec. 31, 2009. We first announced an agreement with management on a new drug testing policy in March,...

Low Income Home Energy Assistance Down Despite the Extreme Cold

Huffington Post reports that sequestration's budget cuts last year have left thousands of families in the cold this winter. Congress cut funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program by about $155 million, and total funding has decreased...

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