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May 17, 2016
Employees in the same category who are performing the same work should get the same rate of pay. That’s the premise of an agreement between the APWU and USPS, says Motor Vehicle Service Craft Director Michael O. Foster.
May 17, 2016
Employees in the same category who are performing the same work should get the same rate of pay. That’s the premise of an agreement between the APWU and USPS, says Motor Vehicle Service Craft Director Michael O. Foster.
May 12, 2016
While 200,000 APWU members across the country await an arbitrator’s ruling on a new contract, 1,100 union members covered by the IT/AS contract voted to ratify a one-year extension of their 2011 Collective Bargaining Agr...
May 12, 2016
While 200,000 APWU members across the country await an arbitrator’s ruling on a new contract, 1,100 union members covered by the IT/AS contract voted to ratify a one-year extension of their 2011 Collective Bargaining Agr...
May 11, 2016
The Postal Service earned $1.83 billion in operating profits in the first half of Fiscal Year 2016, according to financial results released on May 10. This marks the fourth year in a row the USPS is in the black – exclud...
May 11, 2016
The Swan and Dolphin Hotels, where the APWU National Convention will be held, are currently sold out, but the union is working on securing additional rooms at other nearby hotels. Additional information will be posted a...
May 11, 2016
The Postal Service earned $1.83 billion in operating profits in the first half of Fiscal Year 2016, according to financial results released on May 10. This marks the fourth year in a row the USPS is in the black – exclud...
May 11, 2016
The Swan and Dolphin Hotels, where the APWU National Convention will be held, are currently sold out, but the union is working on securing additional rooms at other nearby hotels. Additional information will be posted a...
May 10, 2016
Pictured left to right: John Dirzius, Scott Hoffman, Lorraine Sawyer, and Bill Weaver. The Massachussetts Postal Workers Union honored Northeast Region Coordinator John Dirzius with the 2016 Moe Biller Leadership Award a...
May 10, 2016
Pictured left to right: John Dirzius, Scott Hoffman, Lorraine Sawyer, and Bill Weaver. The Massachussetts Postal Workers Union honored Northeast Region Coordinator John Dirzius with the 2016 Moe Biller Leadership Award a...
May 9, 2016
Hotel rooms at the site of the union’s National Convention are filling fast, so locals, state organizations and members-at-large who plan to attend should make reservations soon if they haven’t already done so, says Secr...
May 9, 2016
Hotel rooms at the site of the union’s National Convention are filling fast, so locals, state organizations and members-at-large who plan to attend should make reservations soon if they haven’t already done so, says Secr...
May 6, 2016
Arbitration hearings on the APWU Collective Bargaining Agreement with the Postal Service have concluded and the union expects a decision in 30 to 60 days, President Mark Dimondstein has announced.
May 6, 2016
On the picket line in Washington, DC. In a show of support, APWU members joined Verizon strikers on picket lines during their National Day of Action on May 5.
May 6, 2016
The Richmond, VA, Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC) is facing $120,000 fine for OSHA violations for exposing workers to the dangers of powered industrial equipment. On April 26, the facility received four repeat...
May 6, 2016
Arbitration hearings on the APWU Collective Bargaining Agreement with the Postal Service have concluded and the union expects a decision in 30 to 60 days, President Mark Dimondstein has announced.
May 6, 2016
On the picket line in Washington, DC. In a show of support, APWU members joined Verizon strikers on picket lines during their National Day of Action on May 5.
May 6, 2016
The Richmond, VA, Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC) is facing $120,000 fine for OSHA violations for exposing workers to the dangers of powered industrial equipment. On April 26, the facility received four repeat...
May 5, 2016
Portland Area Local Health Plan Director Daniel Cortez (left) spoke at Sanders rallies on May 3 with Rep. Tulsi Gabbard and Sen. Jeff Merkley (center). APWU members attended rallies in Oregon on May 3 supporting Bernie...
May 5, 2016
Portland Area Local Health Plan Director Daniel Cortez (left) spoke at Sanders rallies on May 3 with Rep. Tulsi Gabbard and Sen. Jeff Merkley (center). APWU members attended rallies in Oregon on May 3 supporting Bernie...
May 3, 2016
The Postal Service has notified the APWU that approximately 200 corrections are outstanding from among more than 13,000 employees who were eligible for a portion of a $56 million monetary settlement of grievances protest...
May 3, 2016
The Postal Service has notified the APWU that approximately 200 corrections are outstanding from among more than 13,000 employees who were eligible for a portion of a $56 million monetary settlement of grievances protest...
May 2, 2016
Members of the Lancaster [PA] Area Local working in the Vehicle Maintenance Facility (VMF) wore their solidarity on their sleeves April 28 with APWU T-shirts.
May 2, 2016
Members of the Lancaster [PA] Area Local working in the Vehicle Maintenance Facility (VMF) wore their solidarity on their sleeves April 28 with APWU T-shirts.
May 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) APWU member Nadia Assad was fatally struck by a van driven by a co-worker as she walked through the employee parking lot to...
May 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) At the interest arbitration hearing for a new contract in february, the Clerk Craft presented two panels of workers who exp...
May 1, 2016
Left Center Sue Carney, APWU Human Relations Director; Center Michael Michaud, Assistant Secretary DOL VETS, Center right, Will Fischer, Executive Director, Union Veterans Council, AFL-CIO (This article first appeared in...
May 1, 2016
Nations’ Capital/Southern Maryland Area Local President Dena Briscoe, Lakeram Singh, Donica Collie, President Mark Dimondstein, Richard Ogoh, and Jody Harper. Nine Postal Support Employees presented emotional testimony o...
May 1, 2016
Salvadoran workers carry a banner that says, "Thanks to the Working Class" in a 2013 May Day demonstration. Faced with a relentless push to privatize their jobs, port and airport workers in El Salvador have been fightin...
May 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The industrial relations department launched the bid tracking System (BTS), which helps local unions ensure that jobs are f...