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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 result in the creation of 9,000 new Clerk Craft jobs in six-hour and four-...
October 9, 2014
Conversions, Not Terminations!
October 8, 2014
In Memory
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 asking Sen. Hagan questions. Seniors advocate Jon “Bowzer” Bauman of t...
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 more than 700,000 signatures demanding that the Social Security Administr...
October 2, 2014
APWU President Appeared on Radio Oct. 3
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 communities, where many residents don’t have bank accounts.
September 30, 2014
The ‘Strike for Better Schools’
Almost 70 years after a strike by St. Paul teachers, their battle holds lessons for today’s postal workers and other public employees: The educators didn’t strike only on their own behalf – they walked a picket line for...
September 25, 2014
Michigan Democratic Party Endorses Staples Boycott
The Michigan Democratic Party voted to support the Staples boycott at a special meeting of the Executive Committee on Sept. 23 and urged all candidates for public office to avoid patronizing the office-supply chain. The...
September 24, 2014
Teachers Union to Staples CEO: We’re Not Buying
The president of the American Federation of Teachers has a message for Staples CEO Ron Sargent: We're not buying!
September 22, 2014
APWU Wins Major Victory on Staffing in ‘POStPlan’ Offices
The APWU has won a major victory on staffing in post offices affected by the “POStPlan” – a victory that will result in the creation of at least 9,000 new Clerk Craft jobs within 90 days. In a ruling dated Sept. 5, Arbit...
September 22, 2014
APWU Wins Major Victory on Staffing ‘POStPlan’ Offices
The APWU has won a major victory on staffing in post offices affected by the “POStPlan” – a victory that will result in the creation of at least 9,000 new Clerk Craft jobs within 90 days. In a ruling dated Sept. 5, Arbit...
September 19, 2014
e-Team Report, Sept. 19, 2014
This week, the House and Senate passed a continuing resolution to fund the federal government through December 11, 2014. Unfortunately, this continuing resolution did not include a 1-year moratorium on closing or consol...
September 19, 2014
Stay Up-to-Date on the Fight Against Consolidations, Closures
To keep up with the latest developments in the fight against the consolidation and closure of mail Processing & Distribution Centers, check out the union’s website, www.apwu.org. Click on the Issues tab in the blue bar a...
September 19, 2014
Maintenance Craft Defeats Improper Excessing
The APWU and USPS settled an important dispute, Maintenance Craft Director Steve Raymer has announced, stipulating that the Postal Service cannot declare an installation “non-maintenance capable” and use the designation...
September 18, 2014
Help Register 1,000 New Voters
The Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW) is partnering with the League of Women Voters (LWV) in a push to increase the number of registered voters before the 2014 Election.
September 16, 2014
Consolidation Battle Takes Shape
The four postal unions are standing together at the national, state and local level to fight the Postmaster General’s plans to again slash the mail processing network, beginning in January. Eighty-two facilities are slat...
September 15, 2014
e-Team Report, Sept. 15, 2014
The ongoing effort by APWU and our partners to block destructive cuts to America’s mail service has recently gained a powerful ally. On Thursday, September 4th, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) added his name to...
September 15, 2014
Rank and File Bargaining Advisory Committee Appointed
With contract negotiations set to begin early next year, APWU President Mark Dimondstein has announced the names of union members who will serve on the Rank and File Bargaining Advisory Committee. In accordance with the ...
September 15, 2014
160 House Members Urge USPS to Stop Consolidations
The hard work of the APWU membership is paying off. One hundred sixty members of the House of Representatives sent a letter to the leaders of the House Appropriations Committee on Sept. 11 urging them to stop devastating...
September 15, 2014
Orlando Selected as Site of 2016 National Convention
The National Executive Board has selected Orlando, FL, as the site of the 2016 National Convention, Secretary-Treasurer Liz Powell has announced.
September 11, 2014
Consolidation Attack – We Must Mobilize!
When the USPS announced on June 30 that it would move forward with plans to close or consolidate 82 more mail processing plants, it was a declaration of war. Not just on postal workers, but on postal customers and on the...
September 11, 2014
Protecting Freedom or Trampling Workers’ Rights?
Isn’t it amazing that every time anti-union groups claim they are protecting our freedom, they are actually steamrolling working people? Take the so-called “right to work” legislation that has been proposed in many state...
September 11, 2014
Setting Priorities, Mobilizing Members For Contract Negotiations
On the final day of the APWU 22nd Biennial National Convention in July, delegates adopted a resolution that spells out priorities for upcoming contract negotiations with the USPS, which are set to begin in February. The...
September 11, 2014
Why Congress Can’t Get It Done
Why can’t Congress get anything done on postal reform? It seems I’m asked that question all the time – in conversations at conferences and conventions, in letters, phone calls and email correspondence. In part, the answe...
September 11, 2014
Our Right to Vote is Under Attack
In recent years, our right to vote has come under attack all across the country. Dozens of states are advancing voter suppression laws in an effort to influence the outcome of elections. The democratic process of the Uni...
September 11, 2014
Do You Have What It Takes to Vote?
There has been a lot of information on TV, in newspapers, and online about changes in voting procedures for the upcoming midterm elections on Nov. 4. Voter identification laws have made it more difficult for seniors to e...
September 11, 2014
Privatizing by Incentivizing
We often think of privatization as the transfer of public ownership. However, the Postal Service’s policy of offering postage discounts to large mailers has led to a similar harmful end result – a huge transfer of work a...
September 11, 2014
Dispute on Custodial Staffing Settled; More Than 3,150 PSEs Converted
The APWU and USPS signed a major settlement on July 9 that resolved a long-standing dispute over custodial staffing and resulted in the conversion to career of all Maintenance Craft Postal Support Employees. It was not a...
September 11, 2014
At the Top of Their Game
Snce January, the APWU has signed up more than 6,300 new members. The commitment to organizing is growing, but we still have a long road ahead. Although excessing, downsizing and consolidations have hurt membership, some...