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In a Needed Step to Improve Service, Postal Management to Slow Down Consolidations
May 15, 2024
In response to union, community, and political pressure, Postmaster General (PMG) DeJoy, in a letter to Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), has agreed to pause, at least until January 2025, a number of the planned mail consolidations that are part of the “...
GSA Per Diem Rate Now Covers Daily Cost at NCED Eatery Effective March 15, 2024.
May 14, 2024
The General Services Administration Per Diem Rate of $59 Now Covers Daily Cost of Meals at National Center for Employee Development’s “3 Squares Eatery,” Effective March 15, 2024.
Mail Processing Equipment Arbitration
July 9, 2021
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
The Maintenance National Officers arbitrated a section of Electronic Work Hours Estimated Program (eWHEP) on May 18-19, before a newly selected...
Postal Workers Weathered the Storm
July 9, 2021
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
The past 15 months has been challenging and stressful for postal workers. The COVID-19 pandemic spared no one, touching almost everyone in some way,...
Investing in Retail and the Customer Experience – Clerks Care
July 9, 2021
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
In an effort to offer more postal products and services and increase revenue, the Clerk Division has held several meetings with the Postal Service...
APWU Retirees Still Fighting for Justice
July 9, 2021
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
Eliminate the WEP and GPO
This year, as we have done in the past, retirees recognize the anniversary of Social Security, created in August 1935, and...
Cause of Asthma
July 9, 2021
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
No one really knows what causes asthma. What we do know is that asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways. When airways come into...