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October 17, 2014
Stop Delaying America’s Mail!
The four postal unions are calling for a National Day of Action on Nov. 14 to send an urgent message to Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe and the USP...
October 17, 2014
Health Experts: Sequester and Other Budget Cuts Left us Vulnerable to Ebola
Health experts are saying that the budget cuts, including sequestration, resulting from fiscal conservatives’ goal of cutting government at all costs,...
October 16, 2014
Stop Delaying America’s Mail!
The four postal unions are calling for a National Day of Action on Nov. 14 to send a message to Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe and the USPS Board...
October 16, 2014
Dimondstein Talks to Ed Schultz
In an interview on The Ed Schultz Show on Oct. 16, APWU President Mark Dimondstein explained how USPS plans to lower "service standards" and close 82...
October 15, 2014
Duluth Rallies Against Consolidation
A group of about 200 impassioned postal workers, elected officials, and community members rallied on Oct. 6, on the steps of the Federal Building in D...
October 14, 2014
New Zoning Rule Halts Post Office Sale
Management’s drive to sell historic post offices has met resistance in many communities, but none has been more creative – or relentless – than those...
October 14, 2014
Keep Them Open!
Filled with enthusiasm after the union’s national convention in July, APWU members in cities and towns across the country have been forming community...
October 14, 2014
It’s Left Up to Us
Logic, common sense and the Postal Service’s irresponsible decisions tell us that management will not manage the USPS out of its manufactured financia...
October 14, 2014
212 Violations? That’s Not an ‘Isolated Incident’
212. That’s how many times the USPS failed to properly notify the APWU of management decisions to renew Highway Contract Routes (HCRs) in one year. Ye...
October 14, 2014
The Postal Service’s Union-Busting Law Firm
With negotiations for a new contract set to begin on Feb. 19, 2015, it’s worth noting that in the past, when talks have ended in arbitration, the USPS...
October 14, 2014
Maintenance Defeats Improper Excessing
Maintenance craft officers recently settled an important dispute, stipulating that the Postal Service cannot declare an installation “non-maintenance...
October 14, 2014
APWU Retirees Rock
Many APWU members ask, “What do I do once I retire?” It is, of course, a personal choice. However, I have a suggestion: Become a union activist. Many...
October 14, 2014
Is Walmart Destroying America?
Is Walmart ruining our country? That’s a question that most people never stop and ask. Most of us love shopping in big, clean stores that are packed w...
October 14, 2014
Wanting Something vs. Getting It
It’s no secret that having more dues paying members makes locals stronger, but the benefits are more than financial. New members mean greater solidari...
October 14, 2014
What Opportunities Are Left?
Recently, I was asked the following questions by a brother unionist I highly respect: what opportunities are left in the legislative arena this year t...
October 14, 2014
Managing the Grievance Backlog
It’s been just about a year since I took office. Wow, how time flies! Since taking office, I have instituted a very aggressive arbitration schedule ba...
October 14, 2014
Get the 1% Out of Our Dream
The American Dream. Anyone who works hard enough can climb the ladder and achieve success – a lovely home, cars in the garage, the kids off to a good...
October 14, 2014
To Win Consolidation Fight, We Must Build a Movement
If we are going to win the fight to stop consolidation of 82 mail processing plants, we must build a movement – a movement that unites postal workers...
October 14, 2014
One Year In: Looking Back, Looking Forward
It has been an exciting first year as your president. I am as honored today as I was the day I took office. I appreciate the help, insight and activis...
October 14, 2014
Saugus MA Says, ‘Stop Staples’
Activists in Saugus, MA, staged a protest on Tuesday, Oct. 7, to shout “No!” to the USPS-Staples plan to privatize postal services.
October 10, 2014
Astronomical Prices of Some Cancer Drugs Hit Vulnerable Patients Hard
60 Minutes reported last Sunday on the high price of cancer drugs in the U.S. Lesley Stahl’s piece shed light on the fact that Medicare has to pay the...
October 10, 2014
‘Don’t Buy’ Movement Grows
As the one-year anniversary of the Postal Service’s no-bid deal with Staples approaches, the ‘Don’t Buy Staples’ movement is continuing to grow. The U...
October 9, 2014
Conversions, Not Terminations!
October 9, 2014
‘Pecking Order’ Set for Filling
The APWU and USPS have agreed on a “pecking order” for filling newly created positions in POStPlan Installations. A recent arbitration award will resu...
October 8, 2014
In Memory
October 8, 2014
e-Team Report, Oct. 8, 2014
Fall is in the air, kids are back to school, leaves are changing colors, and Congress has adjourned so members can return home to run for reelection....
October 3, 2014
Thousands of Alliance Members Join Tele-Town Hall Calls with Candidates
More than 6,000 Alliance members dialed in Monday night on a tele-town hall conference call with Sen. Kay Hagan (D-NC), with several of the activists...
October 2, 2014
APWU President Appeared on Radio Oct. 3
October 2, 2014
APWU Backs Retirees’ Demand to Re-Open Social Security Offices
APWU President Mark Dimondstein spoke at a rally sponsored by the Alliance for Retired Americans on Oct. 2, as the group delivered petitions with mor...
October 1, 2014
Powell Addresses Black Women’s Round Table
APWU Secretary-Treasurer Liz Powell discussed the important role postal banking could play in ending predatory lending in poor and minority communitie...