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June 3, 2019
Fighting Back Against Outrageous Demands
(This article first appeared in the May/June 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) The next two stages in the battle to achieve a good n...
May 21, 2019
Don’t Let the Postal Service Take Your Pulse!
It is that time of the year when the Postal Service wants to take your pulse! Like previous years, the 2018 Postal Pulse survey showed the USPS what...
May 3, 2019
Contract Update
The APWU is continuing to move forward towards interest arbitration. Preparation of hearing presentations, evidence, and witnesses is occurring every...
April 22, 2019
Salmon Co. Drivers in El Paso, TX Unanimously Ratify Collective Bargaining Agreement
Drivers from the newly unionized Salmon Co. in El Paso, TX unanimously ratified the terms of their first Collective Bargaining Agreement. These APWU n...
April 9, 2019
APWU Enters Mediation
In our continuing efforts to get the contract the members deserve, the APWU invoked mediation on April 3, 2019 – sending a letter to the Acting Direct...
April 2, 2019
What’s to Come in Interest Arbitration
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Industrial Relations Director Vance Zimmerman ...
April 1, 2019
Solidarity Works! United Worker Actions Mean We Prevail
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Working people across the country continue to buil...
March 13, 2019
Management and Union Exchange Final Economic Proposals
March 8, 2019
Management and Union Exchange Final Economic Proposals
On March 7, 2019, the APWU and United States Postal Service negotiators exchanged their final economic proposals as both sides continue their preparat...
January 24, 2019
APWU’s Greater Los Angeles Area Local Joins UTLA Strike
APWU’s Greater Los Angeles Area Local joined United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) on the picket line last week, offering support to fellow public-sector...
January 16, 2019
Fighting Back On-the-Clock
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Clerk Division Director Clint Burelson Ar...
January 16, 2019
Frequently Asked Questions
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) With negotiations for a new collective bargai...
January 16, 2019
Auto Workers Laid Off
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Industrial Relations Director Vance Zimmer...
January 15, 2019
APWU and Union Allies March in Solidarity with CUPW
On Jan. 15, APWU officers and members protested with union sisters and brothers from the NALC, National Nurses United, Teamsters, the BCTGM (Bakery, C...
December 21, 2018
Statement from President Mark Dimondstein to APWU on Status of Collective Bargaining
The Collective Bargaining Agreement (Union Contract) between the American Postal Workers Union and the United States Postal Service initially expired...
December 7, 2018
Update on Negotiations
APWU President Mark Dimondstein reports that the national union leadership will make an announcement on Friday December 21, 2018 regarding the Collect...
November 28, 2018
APWU Statement in Support of Canadian Postal Workers
For 37 days, members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) engaged in militant rotating strikes in the struggle for a new union contract. Can...
November 20, 2018
APWU and USPS Agree to an Extension
Our current Collective Bargaining Agreement (union contract) initially expired on September 20, 2018. The APWU and the U.S. Postal Service agreed to e...
November 5, 2018
Attacks on Federal Workers
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Industrial Relations Director Vance Zimme...
November 2, 2018
Numerous Negotiations Continue
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Support Services Division Director Steve...
November 2, 2018
Call to Serve
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Maintenance Division Director Idowu Balog...
November 2, 2018
Most Regressive Demands Ever
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By MVS Division Director Michael O. Foster ...
October 20, 2018
APWU and USPS Agree to an Additional 30 Days of Negotiations
APWU President Mark Dimondstein has announced that the union and the Postal Service again agreed to extend negotiations for a new collective bargainin...
October 3, 2018
Time’s Up
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Central Region Coordinator Sharyn M. Ston...
October 3, 2018
“The Struggle Continues” – Moe Biller
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By MVS Division Director Michael O. Foster ...
October 3, 2018
USPS Utilizing Disgraced Former NLRB Commissioner
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Clerk Division Director Clint Burelson T...
October 2, 2018
The National Convention Sets the Path for Current and Future APWU Struggles
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Twenty-one hundred APWU members departed fro...
October 1, 2018
The Five Ds
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By President Mark Dimondstein I was honored...
September 21, 2018
APWU and Postal Management Agree to Extend Negotiations Deadline until October 20, 2018
APWU President Mark Dimondstein has announced that the union and the Postal Service have agreed to extend negotiations for a new collective bargaining...
September 10, 2018