American Postal Workers Union - Federal News Network

Listen Live

Trump

Agency Oversight

Trump revisits plan to privatize USPS, a first-term goal that didn’t go far

House Republicans, especially those in support of Trump’s incoming Department of Government Efficiency, expressed support for privatizing some USPS operations.

Open Season

Exclusive OPM extends Open Season for enrollees in new Postal insurance program

Open Season

Postal union calls for Open Season extension after members see enrollment issues

Open Season

Why USPS retirees should think twice this Open Season

Agency Oversight

DeJoy says USPS network needs ‘major’ overhaul. But union, senators wary of impact

Federal Newscast

Postal Service crackdown on theft not delivering

Agency Oversight

USPS previews ‘massive-scale’ changes, but regulator demands more details

health care

Benefits

USPS employees, retirees feel ‘angst’ as OPM builds postal-only health insurance marketplace

USPS

Federal Report

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

FILE - In this July 31, 2020, file photo, letter carriers load mail trucks for deliveries at a U.S. Postal Service facility in McLean, Va. A U.S. judge on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, blocked controversial Postal Service changes that have slowed mail nationwide. The judge called them "a politically motivated attack on the efficiency of the Postal Service" before the November election. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Workforce

USPS vows no layoffs in its network consolidation effort

USPS coronavirus

Workforce

USPS reform law sought to ease financial burdens. A year later, what’s changed?

FILE - A worker carries a large parcel at the United States Postal Service sorting and processing facility Nov. 18, 2021, in Boston. Congress would lift onerous budget requirements that have helped push the Postal Service deeply into debt and would require it to continue delivering mail six days per week under bipartisan legislation that approached House approval Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Pay

USPS tightens online security after fraudsters steal employees' paychecks

USPS, delivery network, regulators, USPS OIG

Agency Oversight

USPS flags more than 200 sites where it plans to consolidate delivery functions

USPS Mailroom

Workforce

USPS pulls plug on prior impact studies as latest consolidation plan comes into focus

Louis DeJoy, USPS Postmaster General

Hiring/Retention

Postal unions demand USPS ramp up hiring to address understaffing

FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2020 file photo, postal workers load their mail delivery vehicles at the Panorama city post office in Los Angeles. The Nov. 3 election will test California's commitment to voting by mail as the nation's most populous state will offer fewer in-person polling places hoping it will convince more people to cast ballots from the safety of their mailboxes during a pandemic. If it doesn't work, the state could see long lines and frustrated voters on Election Day compounded by coronavirus protocols that will make voting in person slower in a year expected to draw a big turnout. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

Federal Newscast

Postal workers reminded they cannot profit from speeches, articles or books about official duties

USPS

Management

USPS, postal union defends check-cashing pilot despite lack of customers

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy at the LA NDC

Workforce

‘We rocked it.’ How USPS pulled off delivering 380 million COVID-19 tests

FILE - A worker carries a large parcel at the United States Postal Service sorting and processing facility Nov. 18, 2021, in Boston. Congress would lift onerous budget requirements that have helped push the Postal Service deeply into debt and would require it to continue delivering mail six days per week under bipartisan legislation that approached House approval Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Agency Oversight

USPS reform bill offering 'much-needed reset' on its finances passes Senate

USPS Mailroom

Unions

An update from the Postal union at center of the test kit delivery program

Parcels jam a conveyor belt at the United States Postal Service sorting and processing facility, Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021, in Boston. On the busiest days, about 170,000 packages are processed at the facility. Last year's holiday season was far from the most wonderful time of the year for the beleaguered U.S. Postal Service. Shippers are now gearing up for another holiday crush.(AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Agency Oversight

USPS sees more on-time holiday deliveries, despite surge in COVID-19 quarantines

Postal carrier Josiah Morse delivers mail and packages, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, in Portland, Maine. The U.S. Postal Service's stretch of challenges didn't end with the November general election and tens of millions of mail-in votes. The pandemic-depleted workforce fell further into a hole during the holiday rush, leading to long hours and a mountain of delayed mail. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Agency Oversight

USPS outlines $8B infrastructure investment in 2022 as sign of 'bright future'

USPS, postal service, hiring

Management

Attorneys general urge USPS regulator to review entire 10-year reform plan