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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,...
Testing Issues Resolved For Motor Vehicle Mechanics
The APWU and USPS have settled several issues involving which exams MVS employees must take to qualify for positions that were upgraded in 2001. The disputes arose when the Postal Service issued new qualification standards for the upgraded positions...
Operation Teddy Care
There is probably nothing harder for a small child than being separated from a parent or someone they care about, and there is nothing as comforting as a soft, cuddly teddy bear. Children of U.S. troops make a significant sacrifice that too often is...
'Stop Staples’ Campaign Gets Off to a Strong Start
A trial program that put postal counters in 82 Staples stores — staffed with low-paid, non-union Staples employees — is a ‘direct assault on postal jobs and public postal services,’ the union has declared.
The ‘Stop Staples’ campaign got off to a...
Contract Negotiations Underway
Contract negotiations began on Sept. 1, and bargaining sessions are scheduled every week during the months of September, October, and November. The current contract expires at midnight on Nov. 20, 2010, and a lot of hard bargaining will take place...
Developing Union Leaders
In Detroit this summer, the union, in partnership with Wayne State University, offered a week of “Leadership Training for APWU Presidents.”