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March 30, 2015
Deceptive Study Financed by UPS
A recent “study” by a Harvard-educated economist asserting the Postal Service has an “unfair competitive advantage” over private-sector delivery companies has garnered a lot of attention in recent days. But so far, discu...
March 27, 2015
Union Members Say It With Stickers
From East to West and North to South, APWU members took a message to postal management and to postal customers on March 26. Click here for more photos. Send your photos to photos@apwu.org. San Jose Local members leaflet...
March 27, 2015
Postal Service Profits $1.4 Billion So Far in Fiscal Year 2015
The Postal Service’s operating profit totaled $1.4 billion for the first five months of fiscal year 2015, according to a USPS report provided to the Postal Regulatory Commission. This result exceeds the $1.375 billion op...
March 27, 2015
Budget Vote-O-Rama Forces Senators to Take a Stance on Retirement Security, Minimum Wage
Members of the U.S. Senate voted on dozens of amendments to the Fiscal Year 2016 Budget on Wednesday. This marathon “Vote-O-Rama” session forced many Senators, including 2016 GOP Presidential hopefuls, to take definitive...
March 27, 2015
Arbitrator Sustains Grievance on Motor Vehicle Craft Subcontracting
Arbitrator Stephen B. Goldberg has sustained the MVS Craft Step 4 dispute in Case # Q10V-4Q-C 14125953, regarding contracting out Postal Vehicle Service work. The MVS Craft initiated the dispute in response to the USPS A...
March 25, 2015
Budget Bills: Cut Postal, Federal Pay
Two congressional committees are proposing to solve the nation’s financial problems in part by reducing pay for millions of postal and federal employees. Budget bills for fiscal year 2016 proposed by House and Senate com...
March 25, 2015
Posters Promote Our Cause
A San Jose restaurant displays a poster in support of "Our Postal Service." The San Jose Local decided got a jump on activities set for March 26 and persuaded King Egg Roll, a restaurant that serves hundreds of custome...
March 25, 2015
e-Team Report, March 25, 2015
Pay More, Get LessPostal Employee Retirements in the Crosshairs This month, the House and Senate Budget Committees released their budgets for Fiscal Year 2016 and both contain severe hardship for federal and postal emplo...
March 24, 2015
Update on Article 1.6.B ‘Global Settlement’ Remedy
APWU Clerk Craft Director Clint Burelson has updated union members on progress toward disbursing a $56 million settlement that was signed Dec. 5, 2014, to resolve disputes over postmasters and supervisors in small office...
March 23, 2015
The Worst Trade Deal You’ve Never Heard Of
The Trans-Pacific Partnership, which is now headed to Congress, is a product of big corporations and Wall Street, seeking to circumvent regulations protecting workers, consumers, and the environment. Watch this video, an...
March 23, 2015
Town Hall Call – March 19, 2015
APWU members heard updates on our fight for a good contract on March 19 during two Town Hall Calls with President Mark Dimondstein. Questions submitted by union members were also addressed. In addition, Caroline Federico...
March 23, 2015
Sticker Day Set for Thursday, March 26
Members of the Philadelphia BMC Local proudly wearing stickers. On March 26, APWU members will “Say It With a Sticker.” “Led by our local and state presidents and our Contract Action Teams, March 26 will be a day to spre...
March 20, 2015
Join the Post Office Lowdown!
Jim Hightower, editor of the Hightower Lowdown, will host a “Post Office Lowdown” conference call featuring APWU President Mark Dimondstein on Tuesday, March 24, at 1 p.m. EDT.
March 20, 2015
Wearing it on Your Sleeve
If you want to wear your solidarity on your sleeve, APWU Forever T-shirts are available for purchase for $12 each, plus shipping and handling. A poster of actor Danny Glover, a renowned friend of postal workers, is also...
March 19, 2015
Robin Hood to the Rescue!
Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) will re-introduce the Robin Hood Tax bill in Congress today.
March 18, 2015
California Retirees Host Tailgate Party
APWU retirees in the Golden State took a bite out of privatization by hosting a Contract Campaign Tailgate Party.
March 18, 2015
Honoring the Heroes of the Great Postal Strike
On the 45th anniversary of the Great Postal Strike, the APWU honors the brave men and women who risked their livelihoods to stand up for a better future. “The heroes of the 1970 postal strike defied unjust laws to win de...
March 16, 2015
United Mine Workers Adopt ‘Stop Staples’ Resolution
The United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) is among the most recent supporters of the Stop Staples campaign, adopting a resolution urging “members, friends, colleagues and family members to stop shopping at Staples stores...
March 16, 2015
Central Region POWER Conference
The APWU POWER Central Region Educational Conference will be held on Saturday, May 2 through Sunday, May 3. The deadline to register for hotel rooms is Friday, April 3, 2015. For more information and to register, click h...
March 13, 2015
Retirees Ready for Action
Florida retiree chapters leaders, led by State President Doris Orr- Richardson and Retiree Chapter David Bernstein, are mobilized and ready for action to help promote good service, good jobs, and a good contract at the F...
March 13, 2015
APWU President Reports on Negotiations
APWU President Mark Dimondstein presents an update for union members on contract negotiations. The bargaining report is available to APWU members only.
March 12, 2015
Baltimore City Council Unanimously Opposes Postal Privatization
On Monday, March 9, members of the Baltimore City Council voted unanimously to adopt a resolution opposing privatization of the Postal Service. The resolution also urges Baltimore residents to think twice about shopping...
March 11, 2015
Locals Show Creativity, Enthusiasm in Contract Campaign
Locals across the country are involving union members in the campaign to win a good contract – and showing creativity and enthusiasm along the way.
March 9, 2015
The Contract Fight
APWU Retiree Paul Felton of the 480-481 Area Local wrote the poem below. As we negotiate our contract Postal workers are under attack They’re giving too much of our work away And the mail we handle they try to delay Thes...
March 9, 2015
Contract Town Hall Call – March 19; Sticker, Flyer, Poster Day – March 26
March 9, 2015
APWU Contract Town Hall Call – March 19
APWU members are invited to join APWU President Mark Dimondstein for a live Contract Town Hall Call on March 19. We will discuss our fight to win a good contract for union members while we fight for a vibrant, public Pos...
March 9, 2015
Secretary-Treasurer Training
Secretary-Treasurer Elizabeth Powell, along with Executive Assistants Roosevelt Stewart and Hannah Lively, and QuickBooks instructor Paul Delaine, is training 135 participants at the National Secretary-Treasurer training...
March 6, 2015
Bad Weather Doesn’t Rain on Eastern Region, Northeast Region CAT Training’s Parade
Training for the APWU contract campaign moved to the Eastern and Northeast Regions on March 4 in Atlantic City, NJ. Despite a looming snowstorm, more than 65 union leaders and activists participated.
March 6, 2015
e-Team Report, March 6, 2015
APWU Stands Firm with Allies – No TPP and No Fast Track In the coming weeks, Congress is expected to consider a wrongheaded bill to "Fast Track" passage of the international trade deal known as Trans-Pacific Partnership...
March 6, 2015
King v. Burwell Supreme Court Case: Affordable Care Act Hangs in the Balance
Continued access to affordable health insurance for many early retirees is at stake as the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Wednesday in the case of King v. Burwell, a lawsuit challenging provisions in the Affo...