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December 19, 2015
Bernie Sanders Campaign’s Access Restored!
"Thanks to an immediate and massive protest by fair-minded individuals and organizations against the heavy-handed, anti-democratic tactics of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), the Bernie Sanders campaign now has h...
December 18, 2015
Congress Approves Spending Bill; Fails to Address Epidemic of Delayed Mail
Congress approved an appropriations bill on Dec. 18 to fund the government through 2016, but failed to include a measure that would have restored postal service standards to their pre-January 2015 levels.
November 13, 2015
Sanders Endorsement Garners Many Headlines
The APWU Executive Board’s endorsement of Bernie Sanders for President generated extensive media coverage on Nov. 12. Virtually every major news outlet reported the endorsement, including ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, CNN, MSNBC,...
November 1, 2015
A Change of Heart for the NLRB?
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) In a string of recent decisions, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has ruled decisively in favor of worker...
November 1, 2015
A Change of Heart for the NLRB?
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) In a string of recent decisions, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has ruled decisively in favor of worker...
October 28, 2015
New Congressional Majority Against Mail Delays
The legislative movement against delayed mail achieved an important milestone over the past week. For the first time, an outright majority of the Republican-controlled House of Representatives is now calling for an end t...
October 21, 2015
Bernie Sanders Addresses APWU Conference
Click here to see Senator Bernie Sanders’ speech to the APWU All-Craft Conference on Oct. 14. Bernie Sanders Addresses APWU Conference Check Out the Video!Bernie Sanders Addresses APWU Conference. Posted by APWU - The A...
October 14, 2015
‘It Was Electric’
Senator Bernie Sanders Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders thrilled APWU members attending the union’s All-Craft Conference in Las Vegas on Oct. 14. “It was electric,” said APWU President Mark Dimondstein of the respo...
October 9, 2015
e-Team Report, Oct. 9, 2015
The movement demanding an end to delayed mail gained a powerful ally – the California State Legislature. Recently, the legislative body which represents one-eighth of all Americans took a strong stand against cuts to mai...
September 26, 2015
e-Team Report, Sept. 26, 2015
This week, Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) announced that he will retire from Congress at the end of October. Boehner’s retirement will mark the end of his 5-year tenure as Speaker and his 25-year career in Cong...
September 8, 2015
e-Team Report, Sept. 8, 2015
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has recently issued a string of positive rulings that will strengthen employee protections and unions' abilities to advocate for workers.
September 1, 2015
Momentum Demands Movement
(This article first appeared in the September-October 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Momentum is defined as “mass in motion,” or “mass multiplied by velocity.” In the political arena, momentum is cri...
September 1, 2015
Momentum Demands Movement
(This article first appeared in the September-October 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Momentum is defined as “mass in motion,” or “mass multiplied by velocity.” In the political arena, momentum is cri...
September 1, 2015
Secret Trade Deal Would Dismantle Our Postal Service
(This article first appeared in the September-October 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) A trade deal the U.S. is negotiating behind closed doors with 50 other countries would dismantle our public Postal...
September 1, 2015
Secret Trade Deal Would Dismantle Our Postal Service
(This article first appeared in the September-October 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) A trade deal the U.S. is negotiating behind closed doors with 50 other countries would dismantle our public Postal...
September 1, 2015
The 2016 Presidential Election: My Thoughts; How About Yours?
(This article first appeared in the September-October 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) It’s amazing that presidential campaigns have become such big business that they never seem to cease. As soon as o...
August 29, 2015
e-Team Report, Aug. 29, 2015
The Postal Service’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued an alert this month that confirms what the APWU has been telling Congress and what postal patrons have been enduring – America’s mail has slowed dramatically....
August 27, 2015
Sen. Bernie Sanders to PMG: Service Cuts, Plant Closures ‘a Disaster’
In a sharply worded letter to Postmaster General Megan Brennan, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) called the Postal Service’s decision to close mail processing centers and eliminate overnight delivery “a disaster” and urged her...
August 26, 2015
APWU, Grand Alliance Urge House Members To Co-Sponsor Resolutions to Protect Mail Service
The APWU joined more than 50 member organizations of A Grand Alliance to Save Our Public Postal Service last month to urge members of the U.S. House of Representatives to co-sponsor two bipartisan resolutions to restore...
August 3, 2015
e-Team Report, July 31, 2015
Does Your Representative Co-Sponsor H.Res.54?It’s Time to Schedule a Meeting over August Recess A growing number of U.S. Representatives are expressing their opposition to the Postal Service’s mail slowdown by co-sponsor...
July 15, 2015
Senators Introduce Rural Postal Bill
The Rural Postal Act of 2015, introduced by Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) on July 9, aims to improve mail service by restoring stronger service standards and placing a two-year moratorium on the closure of additional mail p...
July 3, 2015
Dimondstein Interviews
APWU President Mark Dimondstein was interviewed on The Big Show on July 2.
July 3, 2015
e-Team Report, July 3, 2015
Fast Track Signed into Law Following passage in the Senate last week, President Obama on Monday signed the APWU-opposed Fast Track legislation into law. Monday’s bill signing marked a disappointing end to a fierce effort...
July 1, 2015
Your Hard Work Is Paying Off
(This article first appeared in the July-August 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Thank you to all involved in our effort to win a majority in the House of Representatives and the Senate for prompt, rel...
June 30, 2015
House Panel Approves Amendment To Restore Postal Service Standards
The vote by a House Committee on June 17 approving an amendment that would restore postal service standards “is a big step forward for postal workers and our customers,” said APWU President Mark Dimondstein. “If enacted...
June 23, 2015
USPS Seeks to Derail Efforts to Restore Service Standards
The Postal Service has signaled it will try to derail a measure approved by the House Appropriations Committee on June 17 to restore postal service standards to the levels that were in place on July 1, 2012. The committe...
June 19, 2015
In a Setback for America’s Retirees, Fast Track Passes U.S. House
More than 70 delegates from more than 20 affiliated organizations attended the Biennial NCARA Convention on Tuesday in Raleigh, North Carolina. Mr. Fiesta, state Attorney General Roy B. Cooper and North Carolina AFL-CIO...
June 19, 2015
Tell Your Senators to Stop ‘Fast Tracking’ a Bad Trade Deal
Like the Zombie apocalypse, legislation that would “fast track” a bad trade deal has risen from the dead. Workers, environmentalists and other progressives thwarted passage of the package on June 12, when the House voted...
June 17, 2015
e-Team Report, June 17, 2015
House Committee Votes To Restore Overnight Mail Ever since the Postal Service acted in January 2015 to cut their service standards from 2012 levels, America’s once prompt mail service has fallen off a cliff. Citizens and...
June 17, 2015
House Committee Approves Amendment To Restore Postal Service Standards
The House Appropriations Committee approved an amendment on June 17 to restore postal service standards, in a bipartisan vote of 26-23. Six Republicans joined all of the committee’s Democrats to endorse the measure, whic...