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August 11, 2025
Every Conversation Counts!
(This article appeared in the July/August 2025 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) With over 30,000 postal facilities, and more than 200,000 APWU-represented workers, we have the resources to create a movement...
August 8, 2025
We Have Reached Agreements!
(This article appeared in the July/August 2025 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) The USPS and APWU have reached a Tentative Agreement (TA) that members voted on to ratify. The National Negotiations Committee...
August 8, 2025
Engaging in Our Union, Together
(This article appeared in the July/August 2025 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) We desperately need to have conversations about getting more members involved in our union. As I read through social media post...
August 8, 2025
The Fight to Preserve and Protect Our Retirement Benefits
(This article appeared in the July/August 2025 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) Under the current administration, working people across the country have faced unprecedented assaults. In just the first six mo...
August 7, 2025
2024-2027 Tentative Agreement Ratified
(This article appeared in the July/August 2025 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) We have a contract! You, the members of the APWU, voted 95% in the affirmative to approve the Tentative Agreement. The contract...
August 7, 2025
APWU Ratifies National Agreement
Clerk Craft Director Lamont Brooks shares accomplishments achieved for the Clerk Division in the new union contract, thanks in part to the effort of the Clerk Craft Negotiations Team.
August 7, 2025
Grievance Moratorium To Be in Effect Due To 2025 APWU All-Craft Conference
August 7, 2025
APWU Launches National Campaign to Celebrate USPS 250th Anniversary Locally
August 6, 2025
Contract Ratification, Scholarships, and More: Looking Ahead
(This article appeared in the July/August 2025 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) Every day, our members make important decisions for themselves and their families. As the recent Tentative Agreement went to a...
August 6, 2025
How to Be an Effective Leader in Our Union and Beyond
(This article appeared in the July/August 2025 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) An effective leader must be able to influence and inspire other people. They must be a visionary and lead by example with a cle...
August 4, 2025
APWU Leadership Institute FAQs
The Leadership Institute is an intensive three-week educational program, held one week at a time over a three-month period. The program will focus on topics ranging from organizing, bargaining, and representation, to leg...
August 4, 2025
Contract Ratified with 95% ‘Yes’ Vote!
“The success of negotiations […] is based on the power and leverage of our union foundation, built by the vast majority of postal workers like you who voluntarily join the union and pay union dues.” APWU President Dimond...
August 4, 2025
Start Building Now To Be Movement Ready
(This article appeared in the July/August 2025 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) Working with other leaders and organizations inside and outside of our labor movement will build a more powerful and unified mo...
August 4, 2025
APWU Interviews Small Business Owner and Postal Customer, Reshonda Young
July 25, 2025
APWU Takes on Wall Street and Postal Privatizers
On July 24, hundreds of postal workers, labor allies, and members of the community took to the streets of New York City in a high-spirited rally to tell Wall Street bankers, billionaires, and anyone who wants to privatiz...
July 25, 2025
APWU Arbitration Award Secures Grievance Rights for Separated Non-Probationary Employees
The APWU has secured a major victory for the rights of non-probationary employees who are discharged without just cause from the Postal Service to file grievances on those discharges and have them heard in arbitration, I...
July 22, 2025
APWU Launches National Ad; Warns of Price Hikes, Post Office Closures in Anti-Privatization Campaign
This week the American Postal workers Union (APWU) launched a national advertising campaign to alert the public about proposed plans to privatize the public Postal Service. The ad called “Memo” highlights a document sent...
July 12, 2025
WATCH: APWU President Dimondstein on Ratification of 2024-2027 National Agreement
APWU President Mark Dimondstein Addresses the membership on the Ratification of the 2024-2027 National Agreement
July 10, 2025
APWU Members Ratify 2024-2027 National Agreement!
95% of Voters Say ‘YES!’ to New Union Contract “Today, APWU members overwhelmingly voted in favor of ratifying the 2024-2027 National Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) between the APWU and the USPS,” announced APWU P...
July 9, 2025
2025 APWU Scholarship Winners Announced!
The APWU proudly presents the winners of three scholarship programs: The E.C. Hallbeck Memorial Scholarship, Vocational Scholarship, and Best Essay Award for 2025!
July 3, 2025
Reconciliation Legislation Passes
On July 3, Trump's tax-and-spending reconciliation bill (H.R. 1) passed by narrow margins in the House and Senate, giving $4.5 trillion in tax cuts to the ultra-wealthy paid for by the working class. While we successfull...
June 30, 2025
Privatizers Lay Out Their Plan for Destroying Public Postal Service
On June 24, the House Subcommittee on Government Operations held a hearing titled, “The Route Forward for the U.S. Postal Service: A View from Stakeholders.”
June 27, 2025
Ballot Placement Set for APWU Election of National Officers
A drawing was held on June 27 to determine the order candidates’ names will appear on the ballot.
June 22, 2025
Second Payment of $15 Million Settlement for Part-time Regular Workers Announced
The second payment of the Part-time Regular settlement is now being processed and payments will begin in July.
June 18, 2025
Update: CDL Medical Certification Integration
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) adopted a rule change in 2015, along with many other components of this rule change, was the requirement that the Medical Examiner who performs a Commercial Driver...
June 17, 2025
Candidates Nominated for APWU Election of National Officers
Secretary-Treasurer Elizabeth "Liz" Powell has announced that the following union members have been certified as candidates for election to national office by referendum balloting, as mandated by the APWU Constitution an...
June 10, 2025
Join “APWU Live: Contract Townhall” on Wednesday June 11 at 7 p.m. EST
Join APWU President Mark Dimondstein and members of the National Negotiations Committee on Wednesday, June 11 at 7 p.m. EST for an update on the recent Tentative Agreement (TA) on the main 2024-2027 Collective Bargainin...
June 6, 2025
Big News!! APWU, USPS Reach Tentative Agreement on New Union Contract!
The American Postal Workers Union and the U.S. Postal Service have reached a tentative Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), announced APWU President and Lead Negotiator Mark Dimondstein. The proposed union contract is...
May 22, 2025
House Passes Bill to Eliminate the FERS Supplemental “Bridge” Payment
The House just passed H.R. 1, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which eliminates the FERS supplemental bridge payment and funnels $4.5 trillion in tax cuts to the ultra-wealthy. Our fight now moves to the Senate.
May 20, 2025
Revealed: Musk Uses DOGE to Stifle Competition, Siphon Money into Own Pockets
Our tax dollars should be used to better our communities. But at the Department of Government Efficiency, Elon Musk is allocating funds to stifle market competition in areas that were once used to help his companies thri...