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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 new members received most of the terms of the negotiated Salmon contrac...
April 18, 2019
APWU Members Take a Tax Day Stand against Privatization
On April 15, Tax Day, thousands of APWU members and allies took to the street to spread the news that the US Mail Runs on Zero Tax Dollars! At more than 100 locations from Hawaii to New England, activists fighting for th...
April 17, 2019
31,000 Stop & Shop Workers on Strike in New England
On Thursday, Apr. 11, nearly 31,000 workers at over 240 Stop & Shop grocery stores in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut walked out, beginning a strike that stretched into a seventh day on Wednesday. The worker...
April 12, 2019
APWU Launches New Ad – “We Deliver Almost Anything”
The lighthearted video below makes a crucial point – of all the many things the Postal Service will accept from the public, tax dollars are not one of them. The video advertisement's release is in coordination with Tax D...
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 Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service and to the Postal...
April 5, 2019
Get Ready for Workers Memorial Day
Each year on April 28 we observe Workers Memorial Day. It’s a day when working people throughout the world remember those who were hurt or killed on the job and recommit to the struggle for a safe workplace. This year...
April 3, 2019
Join Us on April 15 for the APWU’s Tax Day of Action!
On Apr. 15, postal workers are letting the public know that the Postal Service operates with NO tax dollars. Contact your local or state officers to find out how you can participate! If there isn’t a Tax Day event in you...
April 2, 2019
What are the Requirements to Remain as a Chartered Local?
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Secretary-Treasurer Liz Powell Under the provisions of Article 16.4 of the APWU Constitution, the Secretary-Treasurer...
April 2, 2019
Secretary-Treasurer Powell Honored with World Peace Prize for Labor Leadership
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) On Feb. 5, Secretary-Treasurer Elizabeth “Liz” Powell was honored by the World Peace Prize Awarding Council (WPPAC) as a...
April 2, 2019
Advocating for Postal Banking in the U.S. and Canada
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) As was previously reported in the American Postal Worker, the Canadian government forced striking Canadian Union of Post...
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 Our efforts to reach a new contract are now entering the next phases o...
April 2, 2019
Strikes, Shutdown and Service — Public Servants Rise in Defense of the Public Good
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Conventional wisdom suggested that the anti-union Supreme Court ruling in Janus v. AFSCME last summer spelled the inevita...
April 2, 2019
APWU Members Trained to Take US Mail – Not for Sale Campaign Out to the Field
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Sixteen APWU members participated in a “train-thetrainer” for the APWU’s US Mail – Not for Sale Anti-Privatization campai...
April 2, 2019
Clerk Craft Updates
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Clerk Division Director Clint Burelson National Grievances As a result of the Clerk Craft’s win in the Sales Retenti...
April 2, 2019
Custodian Team Cleaning (CTC): Doomed to Fail
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Maintenance Division Director Idowu Balogun Beginning in 2012, The US Postal Service embarked on a “Pilot” program to...
April 2, 2019
‘Keep on Truckin’ Baby Again
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By MVS Division Director Michael O. Foster In early 2018, the USPS began deploying new cargo trucks and spotters, on a o...
April 2, 2019
Honored to be Serving as Northeast Coordinator
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) By Northeast Region Coordinator Ron Suslak On Jan. 16, President Dimondstein appointed me to the vacant Northeast Region...
April 2, 2019
From the Field
This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Below are quotes from various APWU local and state publications throughout the country. All the publications listed are p...
April 2, 2019
Your Rights after an OSHA Inspection
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Any employee has the right to file a complaint with OSHA about hazards and unsafe working conditions at the Post Office....
April 2, 2019
Chicago Local President Keith Richardson Honored with ‘Eyes on the Prize’ Award
This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Chicago Local President Keith Richardson was honored with the “Eyes on the Prize” Award at the 2019 AFL-CIO Dr. Martin Lu...
April 2, 2019
Kathy Danek Retires as APWU Auxiliary President
This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) At the beginning of the year, Kathy Danek retired as APWU Auxilary President, a position she has served in since 2012. Wh...
April 2, 2019
April 2, 2019
Anti-Privatization Resolutions Re-Introduced in Congress
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Legislative & Political Department Director Judy Beard House representatives in the 116th Congress wasted no time dis...
April 2, 2019
Stay Strong Going Into Arbitration
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Organization Director Anna Smith With contract negotiations going into interest arbitration, staying united and stron...
April 2, 2019
New Law Streamlines Claims and Appeals
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) Last month, the Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017 finally went into effect after having been si...
April 2, 2019
New Directions for EAP
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Human Relations Director Sue Carney On Dec. 27, the United States Postal Service awarded a contract to New Directions...
April 2, 2019
Closing the Gender Pay Gap
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Research & Education Department Director Joyce B. Robinson Because women earn less than men, they must work longer fo...
April 2, 2019
A Woman For All Seasons
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Retirees Department Director Nancy Olumekor Dedicated APWU unionist Eleanor G. Bailey passed away on December 12, 201...
April 2, 2019
Taking on Rising Health Care Costs
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Health Plan Director John Marcotte As I have previously reported, and as all of us unionists see in our paychecks, th...
April 1, 2019
Solidarity
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By President Mark Dimondstein Our labor anthem is “Solidarity Forever.” I sign letters “in union solidarity.” But what...