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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,...
APWU Vows to Stop the Great Postal Giveaway
(This article appears in the January-February 2014 edition of The American Postal Worker.)
In a deal that has been in the works at least since March 2012, the USPS announced in November that it was launching a pilot program to place postal retail...
350 Retirees Attend St. Louis Older Americans Month Luncheon
More than 350 people attended the St. Louis Retiree Chapter's annual Older Americans Month Luncheon on May 9. Thanks to the work of Local President Frederick Wolfmeyer and retiree officers Shirley and Melvin Sanders, the event grows each year. ...
Postal Reform – At the 11th Hour
With the expiration of a moratorium on the consolidation and closure of mail processing plants and post offices approaching, there has been a tremendous amount of activity about postal legislation on Capitol Hill — and a tremendous amount of...
Arbitrator Rules Union Leave Does Not Count Toward FMLA Eligibility
An employee's time on LWOP for union business does not count toward the 1,250 hours of service required for eligibility under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), according to this national-level award by Arbitrator Das.
H.R. 3579: A Win-Win Bill
The APWU continues to pursue the re-employment of postal retirees in new retail outlets. One of the crowning achievements of the 2006 contract negotiations was the agreement under which Postal Service retirees would be eligible for part-time...