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May 1, 2015
May Day Celebration
APWU President Mark Dimondstein spoke at a celebration of International Workers Day sponsored by the AFL-CIO on the eve of the holiday. Although May Day – which originated in the fight for the eight-hour day in Chicago...
May 1, 2015
National Day of Action Set for Thursday, May 14
APWU members are turning up the heat with a National Day of Action on May 14 – just one week before the union’s Collective Bargaining Agreement is slated to expire. APWU members will hold events in cities and towns acros...
May 1, 2015
NYC Zara Workers Get a Raise
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) After months of protest and pressure from a workers campaign, Zara clothing retail workers in New York City received a rais...
May 1, 2015
Our Most Important Member: YOU!
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Organizing is not just about signing up new members – it’s joining with current members to ensure common success. Our camar...
May 1, 2015
Postal Clerk Remembers Bloody Sunday
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Distribution Clerk George James was just 15 when he tried to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge on March 7, 1965. He says he ha...
May 1, 2015
Robin Hood Lives!
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Rep. Keith Ellison introduces the Robin Hood Tax on March 19. A proposal is gaining traction that would refund to the peopl...
May 1, 2015
Senate Opposes USPS Service Cuts
The Senate approved a motion on S. Con. Res. 11 introduced by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) that instructs budget conferees to insist on a deficit-neutral fund to halt mail processing center closures, restore overnight ma...
May 1, 2015
Shining a Light on Secret Money
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Since 2010, the amount of “dark money” – campaign funds whose source is kept secret – has skyrocketed, thanks to the Suprem...
May 1, 2015
Spreading the Word, Gearing Up for Action
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Since the successful launch of A Grand Alliance to Save Our Public Postal Service on Feb. 12, APWU’s allies have been busy...
May 1, 2015
The Good, the Bad and Congress
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Congressional representatives should be serving us, the American people. Some members of Congress try to make things better...
May 1, 2015
The Road to a New Contract
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The road to contract negotiations has been a long one. The APWU began holding internal weekly meetings in August 2014; the...
May 1, 2015
TISA: Another Secret Trade Deal Threatens Public Postal Service, Workers
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) A trade deal the U.S. is negotiating behind closed doors with 50 other countries threatens the future of public- and privat...
May 1, 2015
Turn Your Grief and Anger Into Action and Hope!
Postal workers took matters into their own hands in 1970 and made history. (This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) By having hope, we inspire hope. if you wait unt...
May 1, 2015
Understanding Your Rights
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Many employees accept unwarranted discipline, simply because they are unaware of their rights. Sometimes out of fear of los...
May 1, 2015
USW Strikers Get a Contract
Stop Staples supporters join the USW on the picket line. (This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) After a six-week strike, the United Steel Workers Union and Shell...
May 1, 2015
Virginia Clerk is the Talk of His Town
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Tucked away in the western corner of Virginia, just across the Kentucky border, is the sleepy town of Pound. On a frigid Tu...
May 1, 2015
What We’re Fighting For
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Sisters and Brothers, I am proud that our activist union is engaged and organizing in many good battles, including to: Win...
May 1, 2015
When Complement Managers Make Contact, Union Calls Foul
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) As this issue goes to press, there is no sign that management is stopping or postponing the Network Rationalization Plan an...
May 1, 2015
Young Workers Summit Makes a Splash in Chicago
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) More than a thousand young unionists, activists and organizers convened in Chicago from March 19-22 for the Next Up: Young...
April 30, 2015
May Day: Fighting for the Eight-Hour Day
Chicago in the 1880s was a hotbed of labor organizing. Fed up with the status quo, where industrial workers toiled long hours in squalid conditions, the International Working People’s Association formed in 1883 and dedic...
April 24, 2015
Pittsburgh City Council Joins ‘Stop Staples’ Campaign
The Pittsburgh City Council unanimously passed a Will of Council resolution in support of the Stop Staples campaign on April 7. “The City of Pittsburgh will urge its citizens to become aware of these threats to the Posta...
April 22, 2015
Long Island Area Local Demands ‘Dignity and Respect’ at Bargaining Table
More than 300 attended the Long Island Area Local’s Day of protest on Sunday, April 12, when members demanded to be “treated with the dignity and respect we deserve at the bargaining table” and an end to the “under-the-t...
April 20, 2015
As Contract Deadline Nears, Union Gears Up for Action
With the Collective Bargaining Agreement set to expire in one month, APWU negotiators – and members – are preparing to turn up the heat! "As we enter the final month of bargaining, it will soon become clear whether manag...
April 20, 2015
Rally, March Storm Downtown DC to Protest Secret Trade Deal
More than a thousand activists marched through the streets of Washington, DC, on April 20, demanding that legislators, ‘Don’t Trade Our Future,’ and stop the “fast tracking” of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
April 16, 2015
National Day of Action Against Fast Track, TPP Set for April 18
Saturday, April 18, has been designated a National Day of Action to oppose a trade deal that would be terrible for working people: the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP). The TPP has been devised behind closed doors, with t...
April 15, 2015
On Tax Day, Members Spread the Word: Your Post Office Receives Zero Tax Dollars
APWU members passed out flyers outside post offices on April 15, spreading the word to customers that the Postal Service does not receive a dime of taxpayer money. Click here for more photos.
April 14, 2015
Members Eligible For Maintenance Craft’s AOI Remedy Identified
Maintenance Craft employees who are eligible for a monetary remedy in the Associate Office Infrastructure (AOI) arbitration award have been identified, Director Steve Raymer has announced. Checks to union members are cur...
April 10, 2015
Moves to Expand Social Security Benefits Gain Traction in the Senate
After decades of attempting to cut Social Security, members of Congress are beginning to devote their efforts to expanding Social Security benefits, and the effort is gaining traction. Senators Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Eli...
April 10, 2015
Union, Management Settle Disputes on Use of 204bs
The APWU and USPS reached two pre-arbitration settlements on April 9, resolving disputes over the use of acting supervisors (204bs) in Bulk Mail Entry Units and in Office-in-Charge assignments, Clerk Craft Director Clint...
April 7, 2015
‘Your Post Office Gets Zero Tax Dollars’
On April 15, APWU members will greet last-minute tax filers at post offices around the country with a message many of them haven’t heard before: The Postal Service gets no money from taxpayers. “Tax day is a good time t...