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July 23, 2016
New Contract Now Available Online
The new contract between the APWU and USPS can now be viewed online. Click here to view the text. The 2015-2018 Collective Bargaining Agreement is the result of a decision issued by Arbitrator Stephen B. Goldberg on Jul...
July 23, 2016
New Pay Rates to Take Effect Aug. 6
According to information provided by the Postal Service, the new pay rates under the new APWU-USPS contract will begin on Aug. 6 (Pay Period 17) and will be reflected in paychecks dated Aug. 26, APWU President Mark Dimon...
July 23, 2016
New Contract Now Available Online
The new contract between the APWU and USPS can now be viewed online. Click here to view the text. The 2015-2018 Collective Bargaining Agreement is the result of a decision issued by Arbitrator Stephen B. Goldberg on Jul...
July 21, 2016
Union, Management Agree to Local Implementation Timeline
In the wake of the arbitration award on the new Collective Bargaining Agreement, the APWU and USPS have agreed to a timeline for local negotiations, Director of Industrial Relations Tony D. McKinnon Sr. has announced.
July 21, 2016
Union, Management Agree to Local Implementation Timeline
In the wake of the arbitration award on the new Collective Bargaining Agreement, the APWU and USPS have agreed to a timeline for local negotiations, Director of Industrial Relations Tony D. McKinnon Sr. has announced.
July 20, 2016
APWU: Postal Reform Bill Needs Work
A House committee has approved two important postal measures that may be considered by the full House in the fall. The Oversight and Government Reform Committee adopted the Postal Service Reform Act of 2016 (H.R. 5714) a...
July 20, 2016
APWU: Postal Reform Bill Needs Work
A House committee has approved two important postal measures that may be considered by the full House in the fall. The Oversight and Government Reform Committee adopted the Postal Service Reform Act of 2016 (H.R. 5714) a...
July 19, 2016
Dimondstein Congratulates Union Members in New Contract Video
APWU President Mark Dimondstein congratulates union members for their role in winning a new Collective Bargaining Agreement in a five-minute video. Click here to watch.
July 19, 2016
El Cerrito, CA Keeps The Pressure On Staples
APWU Members from the San Francisco, East Bay, and Oakland locals kept the pressure on, passing out flyers about the Staples boycott in El Cerrito, CA, on July 13.
July 19, 2016
Dimondstein Congratulates Union Members in New Contract Video
APWU President Mark Dimondstein congratulates union members for their role in winning a new Collective Bargaining Agreement in a five-minute video. Click here to watch.
July 19, 2016
El Cerrito, CA Keeps The Pressure On Staples
APWU Members from the San Francisco, East Bay, and Oakland locals kept the pressure on, passing out flyers about the Staples boycott in El Cerrito, CA, on July 13.
July 18, 2016
Stop Staples is on Fire in Philly
Under sweltering temperatures, Eastern Region Coordinator Mike Gallagher joined members of the Philadelphia PA Area Local, New York Metro Area Local Retirees Chapter, Philadelphia BMC Local and the South Jersey Area Loca...
July 18, 2016
Stop Staples is on Fire in Philly
Under sweltering temperatures, Eastern Region Coordinator Mike Gallagher joined members of the Philadelphia PA Area Local, New York Metro Area Local Retirees Chapter, Philadelphia BMC Local and the South Jersey Area Loca...
July 13, 2016
New Union Contract Town Hall Call – July 21
APWU members are invited to join President Mark Dimondstein for a Town Hall Call on the new Collective Bargaining Agreement (union contract). The call will take place on Thursday, July 21 at 12 p.m. and again at 8 p.m. T...
July 13, 2016
Pittsburgh Keeps the Heat on Staples
Members of the APWU in Pittsburgh were out keeping up the fight against Staples over the weekend at a location in East Liberty on July 10.
July 13, 2016
Life Insurance Open Season to Run Sept. 1 through Sept. 30
The Federal Employees’ Group Life Insurance Program (FEGLI) will have an Open Season from Sept. 1, 2016, through Sept. 30, 2016, reports Legislative and Political Director Judy Beard. This is the first FEGLI Open Season...
July 13, 2016
New Union Contract Town Hall Call – July 21
APWU members are invited to join President Mark Dimondstein for a Town Hall Call on the new Collective Bargaining Agreement (union contract). The call will take place on Thursday, July 21 at 12 p.m. and again at 8 p.m. T...
July 13, 2016
Pittsburgh Keeps the Heat on Staples
Members of the APWU in Pittsburgh were out keeping up the fight against Staples over the weekend at a location in East Liberty on July 10.
July 13, 2016
Life Insurance Open Season to Run Sept. 1 through Sept. 30
The Federal Employees’ Group Life Insurance Program (FEGLI) will have an Open Season from Sept. 1, 2016, through Sept. 30, 2016, reports Legislative and Political Director Judy Beard. This is the first FEGLI Open Season...
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...