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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,...

Stand Up for Your Rights

The lyrics from the famous tune by Bob Marley sum it all up: Get up, Stand up, Stand up for your rights! We must adopt these words as our marching orders if we are going to save the USPS from postal managers, members of Congress and the Wall Street...

USPS Publishes New Drug And Alcohol Testing Policy

In July, the Postal Service finally published a new Drug and Alcohol Testing policy that requires management to offer a Last Chance Agreement to employees who fail a drug test for the first time. The new policy became effective Dec. 31, 2009.

Dispute Over Sunday Premium When on Administrative Leave Appealed to Arbitration

The Union has appealed to arbitration a dispute over whether employees on Administrative Leave are entitled to Sunday Premium pay for any eligible hours they would have worked if not for being placed on administrative leave. 

Frequently Asked Questions

In the March-April edition, I addressed a number of questions asked by APWU retirees. Here are several more.

Safety ‘Happy Talk’ Just Isn’t Enough

Postal officials frequently brag about their commitment to workers’ safety, but their actions don’t always line up with the “happy talk.”

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