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March 20, 2017
Postal Reform Act of 2017 Moves Forward
On March 16, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee “marked-up” and approved the Postal Service Reform Act of 2017 (H.R. 756). A mark-up is a formal process where a congressional committee can consider and a...
March 17, 2017
NPC Members Take it to Capitol Hill
St. Charles Local President John Zamudio, Beth Zamudio, Greater Kansas City Metro Area Local Legislative Director Darcy Wood, Missouri Postal Workers Union Legislative Director Kirk Schroeder, Greater Kansas City Metro A...
March 9, 2017
18th Biennial APWU POWER Convention is Aug 24-27
The 18th Biennial APWU Post Office Women for Equal Rights (POWER) Convention will take place Thursday, Aug. 24 through Sunday, Aug. 27 at the Hyatt Regency Baltimore Inner Harbor, 300 Light Street, Baltimore, MD 21202.
March 9, 2017
Final Payment of 1.6.b Global Settlement Remedy Agreement
The Postal Service is distributing the final payment of the 1.6.b Global Settlement to over 13,000 active employees and retirees this week. The payment is part of the remedy agreed upon in the Global Settlement reached...
March 9, 2017
APWU Members Join UAW’s ‘March on Mississippi’
Over two dozen APWU members came from multiple states to support the Nissan workers efforts to organize. APWU members stood in solidarity at the “March on Mississippi” with Nissan workers attempting to organize a union...
March 9, 2017
MTESC Workers Unanimously Ratify First Contract
New APWU members at the Mail Transport Equipment Service Center (MTESC) in Urbandale, IA, unanimously ratified an initial two-year contract... The contract will increase job security through the implementation of a griev...
March 8, 2017
International Working Women’s Day
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) APWU officers, staff and members participated in the International Women's Day Rally. By Research & Education Director J...
March 1, 2017
We Need Everyone to Be a Union Activist!
The success of the recent contract is due to the coalitions built on the workroom floor during the 2015 Good Service, Good Jobs, Good Contract campaign. Pictured are members from the Omaha Area Local wearing their unio...
March 1, 2017
Q & A with Mark Dudzic
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The U.S. health care system is broken. The Labor Campaign for Single Payer Healthcare (LCSP) calls for a total revamp. T...
March 1, 2017
A Positive Step Forward
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) On Jan. 31, the Postal Service Reform Act of 2017 (H.R. 756) was introduced by Representatives Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), El...
March 1, 2017
Pro-Privatization Groups Continue Attacks on Public Postal Service
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Like clockwork, when USPS finances are announced each quarter headline after headline claim the Postal Service is irrele...
March 1, 2017
Consumer Protections Under Attack
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) After the devastating 2008 financial crisis, Congress passed the Dodd-Frank Act that led to creation of the Consumer Fin...
March 1, 2017
VICTORY
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) After three years, the Stop Staples campaign concludes with a huge victory. By the time this issue of the American Posta...
March 1, 2017
2017 Open Season Seminar
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) By Health Plan Director John Marcotte The American Postal Workers Union (APWU) Health Plan is pleased to announce that t...
March 1, 2017
Success in Action!
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) By Retirees Director Nancy Olumekor The USPS and Staples deal is over! APWU retirees worked tirelessly on the Stop Stapl...
March 1, 2017
Building on Our Success
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) By Organization Director Anna Smith We had an outstanding finish in 2016 with approximately 21,000 new members joining t...
March 1, 2017
Presumption of Service Connection for Select Diseases Associated with Lejeune Water
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) By Human Relations Director Sue Carney The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) published new regulations establishing a...
March 1, 2017
New EEOC Disability Rules
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) By Human Relations Director Sue Carney The Rehabilitation Act is a federal civil rights law that prohibits federal agenc...
March 1, 2017
Q & A with Quanisha Mcneal
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) From time-to-time, the American Postal Worker interviews union leaders to learn why they got involved in the American Po...
March 1, 2017
Legislative Update
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) By Legislative Director Judy Beard The 115th Congress convened on Jan. 3, and legislators wasted no time introducing bi...
March 1, 2017
Promises, Promises
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) By Western Region Coordinator Omar Gonzalez I’m not referring to New Year’s resolutions many of us already broke. I ref...
March 1, 2017
Negotiations, Negotiations
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) By Support Services Director Steve Brooks We are hitting the new year running. We ended 2016 in the middle of contract n...
March 1, 2017
Lawsuit Against Arbitration Award Dismissed
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) By MVS Craft Directors The National Star Route Mail Contractors Association’s lawsuit against the Postal Service over t...
March 1, 2017
Arbitration Victory Creates Full-Time Assignments
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) By Clerk Craft Directors The Clerk Craft was successful in a recent arbitration regarding the USPS’s handling of the Sal...
March 1, 2017
USPS Testing New Machine to Automate Craft Work
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) By Maintenance Craft Directors The new year certainly started with a bang! while we are, of course, very proud of the e...
March 1, 2017
Working Together to Reduce the Arbitration Backlog
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) By Secretary-Treasurer Liz Powell Presently, there is an arbitration backlog and the reason is simple. The grievances ap...
March 1, 2017
Starting 2017 with a Bang!
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) By Industrial Relations Director Vance Zimmerman I was never a more proud member of the American Postal Workers Union (A...
March 1, 2017
Unity and Activism – Key to Victory!
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) By President Mark Dimondstein After a dynamic three-year campaign, we have won the Stop Staples fight! Postal managemen...
March 1, 2017
Honoring Women’s History
On Feb 27, 2017, The APWU National Executive Board adopted a proclamation to honor the women of the APWU throughout March, in celebration of Women's History Month. Click to read the proclamation...
February 28, 2017
The Great 1970 Mail Strike that Stunned the Country
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) In March of 1970, the United States had been in a financial and commerce standstill for two weeks. Tired of poor workin...