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May 1, 2014
Understanding the Media
A January editorial in the “Colorado Springs Gazette” about the union’s campaign against the USPS deal with Staples begins with this: “Lingering on life support, the last thing the Postal Service needs is suffocating int...
April 30, 2014
APWU’s Redesigned Website to Launch Friday
The APWU is pleased to announce the launch of our redesigned website, www.apwu.org, which will begin on Friday, May 2. We invite you to explore the new site and share your feedback with us.
April 30, 2014
House Delegation Urges PMG to Reject Deal; Teachers Vote to Boycott Staples
California opponents of the USPS deal with Staples delivered two stunning blows to the program yesterday: Thirty members of the U.S. House of Representatives from California called on Postmaster General Patrick R. Donaho...
April 30, 2014
Ludlow Massacre Forges Mine Workers’ Struggle
Life was not easy a century ago for coal miners in Southern Colorado, where heavily industrialized mines produced high-grade coal needed by the steel and railway industries. The largest mining operation in the region, th...
April 29, 2014
APWU Supports NALC’s Annual Food Drive
APWU President Mark Dimondstein is urging APWU members to actively support the 22nd annual Letter Carriers Food Drive, which is set for May. 10. NBAs to Address Questions On Residual Vacancies APWU President Mark Dimon...
April 28, 2014
APWU Members at B&B Trucking Ratify Tentative Agreement
Members of the Great Lakes Area Mail Haulers Local APWU have voted to ratify a Tentative Agreement reached on March 29. Contract ratification ballots were mailed to the 100 APWU members of the local; 62 were returned,...
April 25, 2014
Correcting Dues for Newly Converted PSEs
April 24, 2014
Postal Workers, Supporters Protest Across Country
APWU members and supporters ramped up the fight to Stop Staples and its bid to open postal counters in 1,500 stores nationwide at events across the country on April 24, a National Day of Action. Protests were held in 56...
April 23, 2014
APWU Nurses Approve Contract
In a unanimous vote of 33-0, members of the National Postal Professional Nurses-APWU approved a Tentative Collective Bargaining Agreement with the USPS on April 23. Forty-three ballots were mailed.
April 22, 2014
Monday, April 28, Is Workers Memorial Day
Every year on April 28, the APWU and other unions observe Workers Memorial Day to remember those who have suffered and died on the job — and to renew our commitment to safer workplaces.
April 22, 2014
Questions & Answers On Filling Residual Vacancies
The APWU and USPS have agreed to two sets of Questions & Answers regarding the March 20 agreement on Filling Residual Vacancies [PDF], one for the Clerk Craft [PDF] and another for Maintenance Craft [PDF].
April 21, 2014
USPS Scheme Overturned
An outrageous management ploy was overturned on April 16, when an arbitrator ruled that the USPS violated the contract when it retroactively changed the passing score on promotion eligibility exams in the summer of 2009,...
April 18, 2014
Dimondstein to Appear on Craig Melvin Show on Saturday
APWU President Mark Dimondstein will appear on the Craig Melvin show on MSNBC on Saturday, April 19, at 3 p.m. EDT, where he will discuss the campaign to Stop Staples and the National Day of Action on April 24.
April 17, 2014
Dimondstein Sets the Record Straight on the Ed Show
APWU President Mark Dimondstein told viewers of the Ed Show on MSNBC last night that the Postal Service’s internal “smoking gun” document [PDF] shows that the deal with Staples was hatched to lower wages.
April 16, 2014
Dimondstein on the ‘Ed Show’ On MSNBC This Evening
April 16, 2014
Postal Unions Write to House Committee Leaders
The presidents of the four postal unions have written to leaders of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee expressing opposition to White House 2015 budget proposals regarding the Postal Service. In the lett...
April 16, 2014
Union Members Gear Up For April 24 Day of Action
April 15, 2014
From New York to California, APWU Saying ‘No’ to Staples
Gearing up for the April 24 National Day of Action, APWU state and local organizations held demonstrations at Staples stores in several states in recent days. Across the country, union members were protesting the sweethe...
April 15, 2014
Video Highlights Chicago APWU Members ‘Stop Staples’ Protest
A three-minute APWU video highlights the union’s April 5 demonstration at a Staples store near Chicago to protest a no-bid deal between the company and the U.S. Postal Service that staffs “postal” counters in Staples sto...
April 14, 2014
APWU to Hold ‘Telephone Town Hall’ Meetings To Discuss Campaign to Stop Staples
April 10, 2014
How APWU Activists Are Building a Movement
Dozens of locals, state organizations and retiree chapters are preparing for the April 24 National Day of Action to protest the Postal Service’s sweetheart deal with Staples, which puts “postal” counters in the office su...
April 9, 2014
Barbara Jean Prothro
Barbara Jean Prothro, a former National Business Agent for the Special Delivery Messenger Division, died March 30. She was 78.
April 9, 2014
USPS Needs Real Reform – Not More Austerity
The Postal Service needs real reform — not the austerity proposed by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) and the White House, APWU President Mark Dimondstein said after an April 8 hearing by a House committee. The hearing of the Ov...
April 8, 2014
Locations Announced for April 24 Protests to ‘Stop Staples’
APWU local leaders are hard at work organizing protests for the APWU’s National Day of Action on April 24 at Staples Stores around the country. Union members and supporters will oppose a sweetheart deal between the offic...
April 7, 2014
‘Stop Staples,’ Chicago Activists Say
Hundreds of APWU members, joined by hundreds of labor and community activists, took to the streets outside a Staples store in Elmwood Park, IL to protest a no-bid, sweetheart deal between the U.S. Postal Service and Stap...
April 7, 2014
Staples Deal Still a Secret — But Hearing Reveals Disturbing Truths
The Postal Service and Staples are working overtime to keep the details of their sweetheart deal a secret, but a hearing before the National Labor Relations Board — and documents the USPS was forced to provide to the APW...
April 3, 2014
New Organizing Toolkit Available
A new organizing toolkit is now available, Organization Department Director Anna Smith has announced. The new kit includes a Welcome Book [PDF], a brochure specially designed for PSEs [PDF], a new union sign-up form [PDF...
April 3, 2014
PSEs Should Beware of ‘Voice of Employee’ Surveys
Postal Support Employees should beware of management's latest ploy, union leaders are warning: Beginning in April, the Postal Service plans to ask non-career employees to take Voice of the Employee (VOE) surveys.
April 1, 2014
Based on a Falsehood, Ryan Budget Would Plunder Postal Service
The postal provisions in the budget proposed by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) on April 1 are a “thinly-veiled attempt to plunder the Postal Service — to slash service, cut workers’ benefits, and render our great national treasur...
April 1, 2014
Tentative Agreement Reached on Nurses’ Contract
The APWU has reached a Tentative Agreement with the USPS on a Collective Bargaining Agreement covering postal nurses.