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July 1, 2017
Get to Know the Non-Member
(This article first appeared in the July-August 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) By Organization Director Anna Smith As I travel across the country to state conferences and to conduct trainings, too oft...
July 1, 2017
Attacks on Veterans
(This article first appeared in the July-August 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) President Trump’s Fiscal Year 2018 budget plan levies an attack against our veterans who are elderly and disabled. His cu...
July 1, 2017
Early Signs of Alzheimer’s
(This article first appeared in the July-August 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) By Retirees Director Nancy Olumekor The following is a partial reprint of 10 Early Signs and Symptoms of Alzheimer’s pub...
July 1, 2017
The Combined Federal Campaign
(This article first appeared in the July-August 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) By Human Relations Director Sue Carney Your Participation Matters. The Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) is the largest and...
July 1, 2017
POWER: The APWU Women’s Committee
(This article first appeared in the July-August 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) By Research & Education Director Joyce Robinson APWU POWER (Post Office Women for Equal Rights), the women’s committee wi...
July 1, 2017
Tell the Postmaster General
(This article first appeared in the July-August 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) Every day, people receiving public assistance pay a portion of their benefits in fees to access their own money. It could...
July 1, 2017
Attend the Legislative Conference Oct. 1
(This article first appeared in the July-August 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) By Legislative Director Judy Beard On Oct. 1, the APWU Legislative and Political Department will be hosting the first Leg...
July 1, 2017
AFL-CIO Young Workers Meet with Brazilian Union Leaders
(This article first appeared in the July-August 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) A delegation of young workers from the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) travel...
July 1, 2017
Selection from the In-Service Register
(This article first appeared in the July-August 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) By Maintenance Craft Directors We have noticed an uptick in the use of maintenance craft in-service registers. This mak...
July 1, 2017
MVO/TTO Qualification Standards Settlement
(This article first appeared in the July-August 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) By Motor Vehicle Service Craft Directors The APWU and the Postal Service finalized a settlement on May 9, 2017 resolving...
July 1, 2017
Building Our Future – A Challenge, A Priority
(This article first appeared in the July-August 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) By Northeast Regional Coordinator John Dirzius As a proud member of the American Postal Workers Union since its birth in ...
July 1, 2017
Know Your Weingarten Rights
(This article first appeared in the July-August 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) By Industrial Relations Director Vance Zimmerman What does a grocery store chain started in Texas in 1901 have to do with...
July 1, 2017
A Significant Step Forward for Remedies
(This article first appeared in the July-August 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) By Clerk Craft Directors The APWU took a significant step forward in holding the Postal Service accountable for violatio...
July 1, 2017
Your Local Election Committee
(This article first appeared in the July-August 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) By Secretary-Treasurer Liz Powell Union elections represent one of the foundations of our democracy. Union members have t...
July 1, 2017
Organizing to Save Your Local Post Office
(This article first appeared in the July-August 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) By Executive Vice President Debby Szeredy Picture this scenario… your manager posts a formal notification stating the USP...
July 1, 2017
‘All for One and One for All!’
(This article first appeared in the July-August 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) By President Mark Dimondstein The Three Musketeers must have belonged to the “Musketeers Union” with their rallying cry “...
June 29, 2017
JCIM is Available
The 2017 Joint Contract Interpretation Manual (JCIM), a resource for the administration of the 2015-2018 Collective Bargaining Agreement, is published! Members can order their bound JCIM for $6 from the APWU Store. Click...
June 29, 2017
Leave and Overtime Benefits Secured for ET-11s
APWU Maintenance Division and USPS resolved two national disputes, Q15T-4Q-C 17340522 and Q15T -4Q-C 17340479, and National Labor Relations Board charge concerning the wages, hours and working conditions of a small but u...
June 29, 2017
St. Louis Members Rock #UnionGearThursday
June 22, 2017
APWU and Mail Handlers Union Send a United Message to PMG Brennan Denouncing “Wholesale and Massive Job Cuts”
On June 21, the APWU and National Postal Mail Handlers Union (NPMHU) sent a joint letter to Postmaster General Megan Brennan chastising her administration’s “wholesale and massive job cuts.” APWU President Mark Dimondste...
June 22, 2017
Arbitrator Das Solidifies Administrative Leave for Caucus Voting
On June 21, Arbitrator Shyam Das issued a national award in the arbitration between the United States Postal Service (USPS) and the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC), with APWU and the National Postal Mail H...
June 16, 2017
APWU Geared Up to Fight Back Against USPS Reductions in Service and Jobs
Throughout the country, the Postal Service has launched an all-out assault on our jobs and is blatantly violating the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) in their staffing of post offices. The USPS is reducing service...
June 16, 2017
National Agreement Provides Uniform Allowance for Clerks in POStPlan Offices
On June 14, the APWU and the Postal Service reached an agreement resolving a Step 4 National Dispute that career Clerk Craft employees assigned to a POStPlan office are entitled to a uniform allowance. The parties agree...
June 16, 2017
APWU Members Receive Jobs With Justice Award for Stop Staples Victory!
On June 13, APWU members received the 2017 Jobs With Justice Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award for the victorious Stop Staples campaign. The award honored the memberships’ successful efforts to save good union jobs an...
June 15, 2017
2017 Maintenance Craft National Staffing Advocates
2017 Maintenance Craft National Staffing Advocates concluding an extensive training in Gaithersburg, MD.
June 15, 2017
APWU Receives Recognition from Minority House Leader Nancy Pelosi and Congresswoman Judy Chu
On June 11, California Postal Workers Union President Mike Evans attended a Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) event with Congresswoman Judy Chu (D-CA) and special guest Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (D-CA),...
June 7, 2017
APWU Wins Another National Level Arbitration Award
The APWU scores another victory today, defending postal employees in the union’s bargaining unit. Arbitrator Goldberg issued an award in a national-level case over what remedy was due for the Postal Service’s failure to...
June 2, 2017
Postal Reform Scored by Congressional Budget Office
Yesterday, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) published its report on Postal Service Reform Act of 2017 (H.R. 756). It is standard practice for the CBO to “score” pending legislation introduced into Congress in order...
June 2, 2017
USPS Private Contractor Pleads Guilty to Fraud
On March 16, 2017, Beam Bros. Trucking, Inc., a private trucking company, was indicted on multiple counts of fraud and abuse in their capacity as a Highway Contract Route (HCR) operator for the USPS.
May 31, 2017
Union Administration Training Graduates
Featured is the graduating class of the Union Administration Training recently held at the Maritime Institute. The training was designed to give local and state presidents, executive vice presidents, and secretary-trea...