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January 10, 2017
APWU Communications Dept. Brings Home Five ILCA Awards
The APWU Communications Department brought home five International Labor Communication Association (ILCA) Awards from a reception held on Dec. 9.
January 10, 2017
The Real Story about the USPS’s finance
Reprint of The Hill Letter to the Editor: From Mark Dimondstein, President of the 200,000-member American Postal Workers Union (APWU), Vice President of the AFL-CIO The hatchet job on the public Postal Service from colum...
January 9, 2017
APWU Goals for the Upcoming Year
President Dimondstein spoke about the recent victories and future challenges for the American Postal Workers Union during his address at the installation of officers on Nov. 5, 2016. Click here to watch his full speech...
January 6, 2017
EEOC Issues Regulations on Federal Government’s Obligation to Engage in Affirmative Action for People with Disabilities
January 5, 2017
The USPS and Staples Deal is Over!
Stop Staples protest in El Cerrito, CA. Postal management informed the APWU in writing that the “Approved Shipper” program in Staples stores will be shut down by the end of February 2017. This victory concludes the APWU’...
January 5, 2017
We Won!!
An East Point, GA, protest. JAN 5, 2017 - Postal management informed the APWU in writing that the “Approved Shipper” program in Staples stores will be shut down by the end of February 2017. This victory concludes the APW...
January 1, 2017
First Meeting of Young Members Committee
The National Young Members Committee with National Officers. (L-R) (front row) Courtney Jenkins, Sabrina Larsen, Ephrem De Hoyos, Quanisha Mcneal, Joshua Gray (back row) Zach DeRuyter, Matt Thomas, Secretary-Treasurer...
January 1, 2017
Some Thoughts on the 2016 Election and Beyond
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) I want to commend all the members who engaged in the political process of the 2016 election season, those who regis...
January 1, 2017
Organize to Fight Consolidations!
APWU members and allies hold a protest to save the Duluth, MN, processing plant. (This article first appeared in the January-February 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) It is time to assess our goals fo...
January 1, 2017
Let’s Get the Year Started Right!
“As long as we collectively work together, stand together and fight together, we can do any doggone thing we want to do!” said Secretary-Treasurer Liz Powell at the Rally for Social and Economic Justice and Equality. Ph...
January 1, 2017
Let’s Work Together to Strengthen Our Union!
New Industrial Relations Director Vance Zimmerman with NBA Pete Coradi, Queens Area Local President Ron Suslak, local leaders and activists. (This article first appeared in the January-February 2017 issue of The Americ...
January 1, 2017
New Congress, Same Goals
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The 2016 election is over. It is time to revamp our efforts to secure legislation to benefit the working class and...
January 1, 2017
New Employee, New Union Member
Prospective members at orientation training by the Phoenix Metro Area Local. (This article first appeared in the January-February 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Missed opportunities to strengthen th...
January 1, 2017
Liberty and Justice for All
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) “Liberty and justice for all” is universally known in America. These are words we have said hundreds of times when...
January 1, 2017
Develop a Home Fire Escape Plan
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Fire can spread rapidly through your home, leaving you little time to escape safely. Your family’s ability to get o...
January 1, 2017
Injured on Duty: Know the Basics
January 1, 2017
Fighting for Justice: Elder Financial Abuse
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) According to experts, financial fraud is the fastest growing form of elder abuse. “Financial elder abuse is when so...
January 1, 2017
Frequently Asked Questions
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) In October, the APWU Health Plan hosted our yearly Health Plan Seminar in Las Vegas, NV. The education of local and...
January 1, 2017
APWU Gets Out the Vote!
(left to right) Bruce Jackson, President, Cleveland APWU Retirees, Wheeler Nunn, Dorella McCary, Rep. Marcia Fudge, and Charles Walton, President, Ohio Postal Workers Union after participating in a phone bank. (This arti...
January 1, 2017
A Grand Alliance Goes to Farm Aid
AGA advocates speaking with Farm Aid concertgoers. Over one hundred attendees signed the pledge to ‘Save our Public Postal Service.’ Sign the pledge today at agrandalliance.org/pledge. (This article first appeared in...
January 1, 2017
NLRB Judge Orders Staples to Stop Handling U.S. Mail
Members of the Western Pennsylvania Postal Workers Solidarity Committee protested in front of a location on McKnight Road in Pittsburgh, PA on Oct. 16. All APWU crafts attended, along with letter carriers, retired mail...
January 1, 2017
Labor Unites at Rally for Social & Economic Justice and Equality
Hundreds of union members and allies rallied outside of the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 17. (This article first appeared in the January-February 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Hundreds of labor union memb...
January 1, 2017
Wells Fargo Scandal: A Labor Issue and One More Argument for Postal Banking
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) accused former Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf of “gutless leadership” during a Senate Banking Committee hearing. (This article first appeared in the January-February 2017 issue of The American...
January 1, 2017
UNI Post and Logistics World Conference Endorses Staples Boycott
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The Stop Staples campaign has gone global. In October 2016, the UNI Post and Logistics World Conference passed a re...
January 1, 2017
Keep the Clerk Craft Strong
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The Clerk Craft continued to grow with a net gain of approximately 5,500 new employees in the last year. Nearly all...
January 1, 2017
Moving Forward
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) We all begin a new year with hopes for improvements on the past year. Even if the past year was a really great one,...
January 1, 2017
This Too Shall Pass, We Must Persevere
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) As I am writing this article, our national elections have just finished. The candidate our union endorsed for U. S....
January 1, 2017
SEAM Challenged in National Arbitration
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) As we traveled across the country, we began to hear stories and concerns from our members concerning the new progra...
January 1, 2017
Recent Clerk Craft NBA Retirements
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) In 2016, three National Business Agents (NBAs) from the Clerk Division retired. “The APWU holds itself to the high...
December 31, 2016
January-February Labor History Milestones
Strikers marching during the 1912 “Bread and Roses” textile strike. Photo courtesy of the Lawrence History Center (This article first appeared in the January-February 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) ...