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July 8, 2016
Staples’ Headaches Mount; Protests Alive and Kicking!
Activists protest Staples' June 14 shareholders meeting in Natick, Ma (This article first appeared in the July-August issue of The American Postal Worker Magazine) Merger? Rejected! CEO? Out! Stocks? Down! Stores? Clo...
July 8, 2016
Still ‘Fighting for Justice’
(This article first appeared in the July-August issue of The American Postal Worker Magazine) Members of the San Francisco Local at an Older Americans Month luncheon. It is an honor and privilege to serve as the new dire...
July 8, 2016
EEOC: National Reassessment Program Discriminated Against Injured Workers
(This article first appeared in the July-August issue of The American Postal Worker Magazine) The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently ruled that the Postal Service’s National Reassessment Process (NRP...
July 8, 2016
New PSE Health Care Options
It’s an honor to serve as the new APWU Health Plan Director. I wish my predecessor, William Kaczor Jr., all the best in retirement, and salute his many years of dedicated service to the union and to members of the union’...
July 8, 2016
Houston PSEs Step Up to Union Activism
(This article first appeared in the July-August issue of The American Postal Worker Magazine) Heather Lewis, a Postal Support Employee in Houston, loves her job. “PSEs work really hard. We work long hours, but I actually...
July 8, 2016
Summary and Highlights from Interest Arbitration Award
(This article first appeared in the July-August issue of The American Postal Worker Magazine) With the decision of the interest arbitration panel of July 8, 2016, we have a new Collective Bargaining Agreement between the...
July 8, 2016
Fed Up with Understaffing, Saint Louis Local Pickets Post Office
(This article first appeared in the July-August issue of The American Postal Worker Magazine) Fed up with chronic understaffing of mail sorting machines, nearly 100 members of the Saint Louis Gateway Area Local and their...
July 8, 2016
Thousands Protest Secret Trade Deals
Thousands protest secret trade deals in Hannover, Germany. (This article first appeared in the July-August issue of The American Postal Worker Magazine) Approximately 30,000 protestors took to the streets of Hannover, Ge...
July 8, 2016
Rewriting the Rules of the Rigged Economy
(This article first appeared in the July-August issue of The American Postal Worker Magazine) The average U.S. family paid $2,050 to bail out Wall Street after the economy crashed in 2008 and lost nearly $5,800 in income...
July 8, 2016
Verizon Strikers Win Major Victories
(This article first appeared in the July-August issue of The American Postal Worker Magazine) Walking the picket line in Washington, D.C. With their heads held high, more than 40,000 Verizon workers from Maine to Virgini...
July 8, 2016
AGA Brings Postal Issues to the Public
(This article first appeared in the July-August issue of The American Postal Worker Magazine) John Seibel, an elections expert and president of True Ballot, testifies at the Baltimore Field Hearing. One concrete way that...
July 8, 2016
Union Challenges New CDL Rules
(This article first appeared in the July-August issue of The American Postal Worker Magazine) The APWU is challenging recent management changes to physical testing and licensing procedures for Commercial Drivers Licenses...
July 8, 2016
Sustaining the Post Office
(This article first appeared in the July-August issue of The American Postal Worker Magazine) Sustaining a viable postal service has been a major concern of postal employees on the workroom floor. We have seen the threat...
July 8, 2016
Mid-Year Refresher: Updates, Reminders
(This article first appeared in the July-August issue of The American Postal Worker Magazine) APWU officers and members have been very busy for the past year-and-a-half working for a fair contract, but we have continued...
July 8, 2016
Make a Difference In the 2016 General Elections!
(This article first appeared in the July-August issue of The American Postal Worker Magazine) The November general election can either help save the people’s Postal Service or further hinder our chances of expanding and...
July 8, 2016
The 411 on Local Trustees’ Responsibilities
(This article first appeared in the July-August issue of The American Postal Worker Magazine) No matter the size of an organization or what it does, there are always concerns related to funding. It could be a social club...
July 8, 2016
Full Speed Ahead
(This article first appeared in the July-August issue of The American Postal Worker Magazine) With half of 2016 gone, we have concluded our national contract negotiations, mediations and interest arbitration and you shou...
July 8, 2016
Historic Sanders Campaign Advanced Our Goals, Strengthens Our Movement
Building a political revolution isn’t easy. But the historic presidential campaign of Sen. Bernie has advanced that goal, says APWU President Mark Dimondstein. APWU members met Sanders at the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO convent...
July 8, 2016
Looking Behind the Curtain
(This article first appeared in the July-August 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker Magazine) Three recent events highlight attempts by powerful, private interests to influence the direction of the public Postal Se...
July 8, 2016
Highlights of Union Contract Arbitration Award
July 8, 2016
APWU Launches Voter Drive
(This article first appeared in the July-August issue of The American Postal Worker Magazine) It’s been said that the world is run by those who show up. With that in mind, the APWU has launched a voter verification an...
July 8, 2016
Sexual Harassment on the Rise
(This article first appeared in the July-August issue of The American Postal Worker Magazine) As a new and younger workforce enters the USPS, it should be no surprise that sexual harassment is on the rise and is being di...
July 8, 2016
Staples’ Headaches Mount; Protests Alive and Kicking!
Activists protest Staples' June 14 shareholders meeting in Natick, Ma (This article first appeared in the July-August issue of The American Postal Worker Magazine) Merger? Rejected! CEO? Out! Stocks? Down! Stores? Clo...
July 8, 2016
Still ‘Fighting for Justice’
(This article first appeared in the July-August issue of The American Postal Worker Magazine) Members of the San Francisco Local at an Older Americans Month luncheon. It is an honor and privilege to serve as the new dire...
July 8, 2016
EEOC: National Reassessment Program Discriminated Against Injured Workers
(This article first appeared in the July-August issue of The American Postal Worker Magazine) The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently ruled that the Postal Service’s National Reassessment Process (NRP...
July 8, 2016
New PSE Health Care Options
It’s an honor to serve as the new APWU Health Plan Director. I wish my predecessor, William Kaczor Jr., all the best in retirement, and salute his many years of dedicated service to the union and to members of the union’...
July 8, 2016
Houston PSEs Step Up to Union Activism
(This article first appeared in the July-August issue of The American Postal Worker Magazine) Heather Lewis, a Postal Support Employee in Houston, loves her job. “PSEs work really hard. We work long hours, but I actually...
July 8, 2016
Summary and Highlights from Interest Arbitration Award
(This article first appeared in the July-August issue of The American Postal Worker Magazine) With the decision of the interest arbitration panel of July 8, 2016, we have a new Collective Bargaining Agreement between the...
July 8, 2016
Fed Up with Understaffing, Saint Louis Local Pickets Post Office
(This article first appeared in the July-August issue of The American Postal Worker Magazine) Fed up with chronic understaffing of mail sorting machines, nearly 100 members of the Saint Louis Gateway Area Local and their...
July 8, 2016
Thousands Protest Secret Trade Deals
Thousands protest secret trade deals in Hannover, Germany. (This article first appeared in the July-August issue of The American Postal Worker Magazine) Approximately 30,000 protestors took to the streets of Hannover, Ge...