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June 19, 2015
Tell Your Senators to Stop ‘Fast Tracking’ a Bad Trade Deal
Like the Zombie apocalypse, legislation that would “fast track” a bad trade deal has risen from the dead. Workers, environmentalists and other progressives thwarted passage of the package on June 12, when the House voted...
June 19, 2015
In a Setback for America’s Retirees, Fast Track Passes U.S. House
More than 70 delegates from more than 20 affiliated organizations attended the Biennial NCARA Convention on Tuesday in Raleigh, North Carolina. Mr. Fiesta, state Attorney General Roy B. Cooper and North Carolina AFL-CIO...
June 17, 2015
e-Team Report, June 17, 2015
House Committee Votes To Restore Overnight Mail Ever since the Postal Service acted in January 2015 to cut their service standards from 2012 levels, America’s once prompt mail service has fallen off a cliff. Citizens and...
June 17, 2015
House Committee Approves Amendment To Restore Postal Service Standards
The House Appropriations Committee approved an amendment on June 17 to restore postal service standards, in a bipartisan vote of 26-23. Six Republicans joined all of the committee’s Democrats to endorse the measure, whic...
June 17, 2015
Members Only Section to Undergo Maintenance
Due to maintenance work, the Members Only section of www.apwu.org may experience some disruption on beginning on Friday, June 19, at 6:00 p.m. EST and lasting through early Saturday evening. We regret the inconvenience.
June 17, 2015
Stop Staples Campaign Keeps on Rolling Through Pennsylvania
Keep on truckin’! Members of the Western Pennsylvania Postal Workers Solidarity Committee protested in front of a Staples store in New Kensington, PA, on June 14.
June 16, 2015
Postal Unions Object to Administration Proposal to Reduce Compensation to Injured Workers
In a June 15 letter, the presidents of the four postal unions asked the Department of Labor (DOL) and the White House to withdraw a proposal that would reduce compensation benefits to injured workers and urged the admini...
June 12, 2015
Contract Mediation Gets Underway
Representatives of the APWU and USPS met with officials of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) on June 9 to begin mediation on a new collective bargaining agreement. APWU President Mark Dimondstein, Ind...
June 12, 2015
House Rejects Bad Trade Deal
Workers, environmentalists and other progressives won a major victory on June 12 when a bipartisan coalition of House members torpedoed a trade bill backed by the White House. The labor movement and others mounted a majo...
June 12, 2015
A Temporary Victory for Seniors, Bad Trade Deal Fails to Advance in House
The U.S. House of Representatives failed to advance a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Fast Track authority legislative package on Friday, handing retirees a temporary victory by a vote of 126-302. President Barack Obama'...
June 11, 2015
Postal Unions Oppose Fast Track
In a joint letter to members of the House of Representatives, the presidents of the National Association of Letter Carriers, the National Postal Mail Handlers Union and APWU expressed opposition to the “Fast Track” trade...
June 10, 2015
Contract Mediation Gets Underway
Representatives of the APWU and USPS held an introductory meeting with officials of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) on June 9 to begin mediation on a new collective bargaining agreement. APWU Presid...
June 9, 2015
Postal Unions Ask President To Designate July 26 ‘Postal Heritage Day’
The four postal unions have asked the White House to issue a Presidential Proclamation designating July 26, the agency’s 240th birthday, “Postal Heritage Day.” The Postal Service was established on July 26, 1775, when an...
June 8, 2015
Postal Retirees May be Affected by OPM Data Breach
Postal retirees may be among those affected by a breach in the computer system of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Retirees Department Director Judy Beard reports. OPM announced June 4 that the records of 4 mill...
June 5, 2015
Medicare Turns 50: A Special New Website Marks a Half-Century of Health Care for Seniors
The Alliance is pleased to launch www.medicare50th.org. Click on the link to read the personal stories of what Medicare has meant to several Alliance members personally since its inception, and how much it has changed th...
June 5, 2015
Assistance for Union Plus Program Participants Impacted by Texas and Oklahoma Storms
Union members living in areas impacted by the recent severe storms and widespread flooding in Texas and Oklahoma, and who participate in Union Plus programs may be eligible for financial assistance. More than 20 people...
June 3, 2015
Wear APWU Shirts, Buttons, Caps and Gear
As the union prepare for mediation on a new collective bargaining agreement the role of rank-and-file members remains critical, APWU President Mark Dimondstein says. “Your continued involvement can make a difference as...
June 3, 2015
Kenny Wilson
Kenneth D. Wilson, former APWU Clerk Craft Director, passed away on June 1. He was 82.
June 2, 2015
The People Demand: Show Us The Text!
APWU Member Arrion Brown being barred from reviewing the text of TPP Trade Deal. If you want to know what’s in the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade bill, you can go to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative an...
June 2, 2015
Getting Ready for 2015 All-Craft Conference
Plans are underway for the All-Craft Conference, which will be held in Las Vegas, Oct. 12-14, 2015. For more information about the event and to register, click here. In accordance with the APWU Constitution and Bylaws, r...
June 2, 2015
APWU, Sister Postal Unions Win Right to Bargain Over Cyber Intrusions
In a precedent-setting agreement approved by the National Labor Relations Board, the APWU and its sister postal unions won the right to bargain with the Postal Service over a massive data security breach that took place...
June 1, 2015
Data Posted on Postmasters, Supervisors Performing Craft Work
A key feature of the Global Settlement Remedy Agreement, which was signed on Dec. 5, 2014, were provisions making it easier for union representatives to monitor when postmasters and supervisors perform bargaining unit wo...
June 1, 2015
Hocking Our Heritage – At a Discount
Murals depicting our nation's heritage grace the lobbies of many post offices. Here is Stagecouch, Overland Express and Riverboat Carrying U.S. Mail, by Valdimir Rousseff, which has been displayed in the Reedly, CA, Main...
June 1, 2015
Fight for 15 Pushes On
George Askew, president of APWU Local 181, along with workers at McKeldin Square. (This article first appeared in the July-August 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) On April 15, hundreds of thousands of...
May 29, 2015
The Alliance Releases Annual Congressional Voting Record
On Tuesday, the Alliance released its annual report detailing the voting record of every U.S. Representative and Senator on issues important to current and future retirees. The voting record looks at ten key votes in bot...
May 29, 2015
Tucson Area Local Launches Community, Business Surveys
Tucson Area Local President Connie Nelson-Sadler has worked with elected officials and the business community to launch surveys. The surveys are an effort to provide Tucson residents a platform to share the opinions, imp...
May 28, 2015
Call the Contract Hotline to Get Negotiations Updates
APWU President Mark Dimondstein recorded a new Contract Hotline message on the evening of May 27, to inform union members about the outcome of extend negotiations. To hear to the message by phone, dial 1-866-412-8061. To...
May 28, 2015
USPS Demands Cuts in Pay, Benefits, Job Security
Contract negotiations between the American Postal Workers Union and the U.S. Postal Service ended without an agreement on May 27. The USPS scuttled any prospect of reaching a deal by insisting on severe cuts in pay and b...
May 28, 2015
What Can Union Members Do?
“Our fight for a good contract now enters a new stage, but the role of rank-and-file union members remains critical,” President Dimondstein said. The union is calling on APWU members to make sure management sees our unio...
May 21, 2015
OIG Report Paints Bright Future for Postal Banking
A report by the USPS Office of Inspector General (OIG) released May 21 outlines the next steps for implementing postal banking, in which post offices would offer basic financial services – providing affordable banking tr...