Starting April 25 through May 26 2023, the USPS is pushing its annual Postal Pulse Survey. The APWU leadership urges you to not let the Postal Service take your Pulse! APWU is set to begin contract negotiations with the Postal Service in 2024.
But the American Postal Workers Union says the agency remains too short-staffed to meet service standards, leading to burnout and a high rate of employee turnover.
The Postal Service has just filed a motion with the Postal Regulatory Commission challenging the Commission’s authority to open a public inquiry docket on the Delivering for America plan.
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.
In February 2022 the Postal Regulatory Commission opened a Public Inquiry docket to address the issue of post offices that have been under emergency suspension for an extended period of time without being resolved by reopening them or closing them permanently.
Six U.S. senators on Friday urged the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to delay implementing a new compensation system that they said would cut pay for tens of thousands of rural postal delivery workers.
Postal management has stressed better working conditions for employees, but one protester says, “People are better to their dogs.”
The report responded to a request from several members of the House who asked about possible use of the charging stations for purposes other than electrically filling up the Postal Service’s own EVs.
Regular work force career employees covered by the USPS-NALC National Agreement may carry over 520 hours of accumulated annual leave from leave year 2023 to leave year 2024.
Consumer protests over USPS delivery delays and service cancellations have cropped up in places like Minnesota, Kansas and Colorado, prompting action from some members of Congress. USPS officials say they’re aware and working to address the issues.