APWU 480-481 Area Local

05/22/2026

05/07/2026

The APWU Scholarship Applications deadline is soon approaching! Your graduating high school seniors are welcome to apply for either the Vocational Scholarship, E.C. Hallbeck Memorial Scholarship or Best Essay Award through May 31, 2026. For application forms and eligibility requirements, please visit apwu.org/scholarships.

Applicants must be the child, grandchild, stepchild, or legally adopted child, of a current, retired, or deceased APWU member and a senior attending high school or other secondary school.

04/30/2026

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Support for vote by mail is growing. Discover the new campaign by the APWU and its impact on democratic participation.

04/28/2026

Each year on April 28, the labor movement observes Workers’ Memorial Day to commemorate workers who have been killed or injured on the job, and to renew the fight for safer workplaces. This year, APWU members across the country will double down on our shared commitment to protecting the health and...

04/08/2026

A message from Industrial Relations Director Charlie Cash on the retro pay coming this week:

The retroactive pay will be on paychecks this Friday. As with the last two retroactive payments made, I am already receiving calls that employees did not receive their retroactive payments or that it was not as much as it should have been. I am in the process of basically redoing the write up that we did for the last retroactive payments from the 2021-2024 national agreement. I hope to have that out either late today or early tomorrow.

Employees will not see the retroactive adjustments on the pay stub that they look at on their mobile phones or the small stub they may receive in the mail. They will need to download the full stub (which could be many pages long, the last stubs from the 2021-2024 retroactive payments were up to 20 pages long). There they will see each pay period adjustment. People also need to be reminded that the payments will have taxes withheld, TSP withheld, retirement withheld, etc.

Couple things to remember:

No one person’s retroactive pay will be identical to another. Retroactive pay is only made on paid work hours or paid leave that was used during the retroactive period. If an employee was detailed to another pay scale (the most common is they were on a non-bargaining unit detail as a 204-b or such) they are not paid any retroactive payments for that.

Any employee who received payments from OWCP will not see retroactive payments from the Postal Service. Only hours paid by the postal service on the APWU pay schedule will be due retro active payments.

You can share this but more info will be release on the website by COB tomorrow at the latest.

Thank-you,

Charlie Cash

Industrial Relations Director

American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO

04/05/2026

Happy Easter!!

03/09/2026

From the desk of Retiree Director Joe Gordon: Get your 1099-R!

02/24/2026

It is with profound sadness we report the passing of former APWU President Cliff Guffey. We ask all the members of our local and this union to keep Cliff's family in our thoughts and prayers in this difficult time.

Cliff served in many leadership roles within the American Postal Workers Union. He was unwavering in his commitment to protecting workers' rights, advocating tirelessly to ensure employees were treated fairly and compensated justly. Helping working families provide for their loved ones with dignity and pride was deeply important to him. One of his greatest challenges was walking alongside the survivors and families affected by the Edmond Post Office tragedy. These positions led his family to a move to Washington DC, where he loved exploring all the Smithsonian Museums, the Library of Congress and the National Cathedral. Every Veteran's Day, he visited the Vietnam Veterans' Memorial to honor his brothers.

Cliff proudly served his country in the United States Marine Corps during the Vietnam era. He carried his patriotism with him throughout his life, believing deeply in honoring the freedoms he defended and making it a priority to pass that appreciation on to his family.

Solidarity and Godspeed brother Guffey. We thank you for your service to this nation and this union.

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