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May 1, 2017
Higher Union Membership Boosts Wages for All
APWU Grassroots Political & Legislative Coordinator Janice Kelble (second from right) with community activists (L-R) Jeff Kramer, Kathy Staub, Keith Yergeau, Elizabeth Ropp, Emily Eastman and Eric Zulaski after “right...
May 1, 2017
‘In Order to Form a More Perfect Union’
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) By President Mark Dimondstein The preamble to the U.S. Constitution includes the well-known and eloquent words, “in order...
May 1, 2017
APWU Members Take it to the Streets
Members of the Barre Local [VT] were joined by their APWU brothers and sisters from across New England - including National President Mark Dimondstein and Northeast Regional Coordinator John H. Dirzius - for an informati...
April 30, 2017
Fighting for Workplace Safety
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Before passage of the Occupational Safety and Health Act in December 1970, millions of Americans risked their lives every t...
April 28, 2017
Join a May Day Event!
May Day, the annual holiday recognizing the international working class, will be celebrated around the world on May 1. This year hundreds of thousands are expected to participate in demonstrations, strikes, and shows of...
April 28, 2017
Fighting for Workplace Safety
Read more about the history of workplace safety. Reprint from May-June 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker Before passage of the Occupational Safety and Health Act in December 1970, millions of Americans risked the...
April 26, 2017
Arbitration Advocacy Training July 30-Aug. 6
Arbitration Advocacy Training will take place from Sunday, July 30 through Sunday, Aug. 6 at the Hilton Albany Hotel in Albany, NY. The deadline to register is Friday, June 23.
April 25, 2017
APWU to Join People’s Climate March on April 29
On Saturday, April 29, APWU members will join allies from labor, civil rights, environmental and political reform groups for the People’s Climate March in Washington, DC. Participants are joining together to “stand up fo...
April 24, 2017
APWU Receives Favorable Arbitration Ruling
Arbitrator Goldberg ruled that the Postal Service failed to make a good faith effort to return 362 administrative and technical jobs to the Clerk Craft. The arbitration award was issued on April 21, 2017 and settles a lo...
April 24, 2017
Workers Memorial Day is April 28
The labor movement will observe Workers Memorial Day on April 28, to commemorate those who have been killed or injured on the job and to revitalize the fight for workplace safety. Each year, thousands of workers die and...
April 21, 2017
Postal Reform Questions & Answers Released
April 10, 2017
Postal Reform Questions & Answers
In order to have a healthy, sustainable, public Postal Service, legislation is necessary to protect postal customers and postal workers from USPS’s current financial crisis. New postal reform legislation introduced in t...
April 5, 2017
Final Payment for Retirees Regarding 1.6.b Global Settlement Remedy Agreement to be Distributed on April 21st
The Postal Service is distributing the final payment of the 1.6.b Global Settlement to retirees on April 21st. The payment is part of the remedy agreed upon in the Global Settlement reached between the APWU and the USPS...
March 29, 2017
2017 APWU Scholarship Deadline Extended
The deadline for the submission of applications for the E.C. Hallbeck academic scholarship ($8,000 over a four-year period) and vocational scholarship ($3,000 over a three-year period) has been extended to May 31, 2017,...
March 25, 2017
APWU Weighs In, Calling for an End to CPI Price Cap
The American Postal Workers Union (APWU) submitted comments before the March 20 deadline to the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) for their ongoing “10 Year Rate System Review,” required by Congress in the 2006 Postal A...
March 23, 2017
Union Administration Trainings Scheduled
Eastern & Northeast Regions Union Administration Training for the Eastern & Northeast Regions will take place from May 20 through May 26, 2017 at the Maritime Institute Hotel & Conference Center in Linthicum Heights, MD....
March 23, 2017
Motor Vehicle Service PSE Salary Exception Agreement Reached
On March 10, the Union signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Postal Service that remedies the situation where Motor Vehicle Service Postal Support Employees (PSE) who had been granted a salary exception wer...
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...