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Union Contract Survey: Open Now through April 16, 2024

March 26, 2024
APWU has opened our contract survey so that you can let us know what your priorities are for a new union contract. Please fill out the survey by visiting apwu.org/survey. Alternatively, you can text the word “SURVEY” to 91990 to receive a link to...

What's Really Happening to Veterans VA Healthcare?

March 22, 2024
In this edition of Home Front, we will highlight a few of the numerous negative healthcare laws of the Trump-era VA Mission Act, that was passed by Congress, and signed into law on June 6, 2018, by former President Donald Trump.

APWU National Presidents Conference Rallies at Postal HQ Against Cuts, For Better Service

May 10, 2023
Hundreds of postal workers demonstrated outside of USPS headquarters on Tuesday, May 9 at a rally coordinated by the APWU National Presidents Conference. The rally, which coincided with a meeting of Postal Service Board of Governors, called for a...

Postal Workers "Speak Up Together" for Dignity and Respect

May 5, 2023
Postal workers were “fired up, and ready to go,” as APWU members and allies across the country took action to demand dignity and respect on the Workers Memorial Day National Day of Action. On April 28, union members wore stickers, filled out union...

2024 Annual Leave Exchange and Carryover MOU

May 5, 2023
As with previous years, the Postal Service has agreed to increase the maximum number of hours career employees may carry over into the next leave year. Career employees may also “exchange” (sell back”) additional annual leave.

USPS sees ‘massive turnover’ in non-career workers as union protests short-staffing

May 3, 2023
The Postal Service says it’s getting operations on the right track after years of pandemic-related challenges. But the American Postal Workers Union says the agency remains too short-staffed to meet service standards, leading to burnout and a high...

Postal workers in Waterloo walk out in protest of short staffing, toxic work environment

April 29, 2023
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