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November 1, 2015
Fighting On for A Good Contract
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) This year, we have dedicated ourselves to negotiating a successor to the 2010 Collective Bargaining Agreement, whi...
November 1, 2015
Lessons of a $56 Million Settlement
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) At the end of the summer, the clerk division announced the criteria for distributing the $56 million monetary port...
November 1, 2015
Management’s New BEM Motto: Run to Failure!
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The Postal Service has notified the APWU of management’s intent to move forward with proposed changes to the MS-1...
November 1, 2015
Workers Strike Against Anti-Union Governments
Finnish workers protesting. (This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Protesting their government’s right-wing, anti-union agenda, workers in India and Finl...
November 1, 2015
Support Grows for Labor Unions
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) After years of declining strength and support, labor unions are regaining popularity. More than half of Americans...
November 1, 2015
Meeting the Training Challenge
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The APWU has 875 chartered local and state unions in the U.S., Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and Guam, and each...
November 1, 2015
Making Sure America Unites to Save Our Public Postal Service
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) How can we make sure America unites with us to stop the destruction of the public Postal Service? We need to make...
November 1, 2015
50-Mile Limit on Excessing Extended
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The APWU and USPS agreed to extend the 50-mile limit on excessing in a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dated Sep...
November 1, 2015
Fighting On for A Good Contract
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) This year, we have dedicated ourselves to negotiating a successor to the 2010 Collective Bargaining Agreement, whi...
November 1, 2015
A Woman’s Place is in Her Union.
New POWER Coordinators with Joyce Robinson: Charlotte Hiatt, Linda Terry, Robinson, Betty James-Leaks, Michelle Boulware, and Tracy Blakely. (This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The America...
November 1, 2015
OIG Recommends Putting a Hold on Plant Closures
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) APWU predictions that lower service standards would wreak havoc on mail delivery were substantiated in a “Manageme...
November 1, 2015
Making Sure America Unites to Save Our Public Postal Service
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) How can we make sure America unites with us to stop the destruction of the public Postal Service? We need to make...
November 1, 2015
Young Workers Play Big Role In Seattle Teachers’ Victory
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Seattle teachers picketed at every school in the district . Photo courtesy of Seattle Education Association Seattl...
November 1, 2015
Historic First Meeting with Postmaster General
From left: John Hatton, National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association; Eva Dominguez, Alliance for Retired Americans; Melanie Campbell, National Coalition on Black Civic Participation/Black Women’s Roundtable...
November 1, 2015
Health & Safety Campaign Takes Off
One of the broken outlets found at the New Mexico facilty. Photo courtesy of OIG (This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Declaring that “there are far too...
November 1, 2015
Stop Staples Campaign Forges Ahead
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Philadelphia City Commissioner Stephanie Singer joined Stop Staples protesters in front of the 1500 Chestnut St. ...
November 1, 2015
Members Speak Out During ‘Town Hall’ Tour
Dimondstein chats with a member on the workfloor of the Orlando Processing & Distribution Center. (This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) I am a firm beli...
November 1, 2015
Members Speak Out During ‘Town Hall’ Tour
Dimondstein chats with a member on the workfloor of the Orlando Processing & Distribution Center. (This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) I am a firm beli...
November 1, 2015
Rallying to Restore Voting Rights Act
The APWU had a strong showing at the rally to restore the Voting Rights Act. (This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The APWU joined the NAACP, Democracy...
November 1, 2015
Spreading the Word on the Street
Des Moines Area Local steward Julie Kestel with daughter Mackenzie on a float in the city’s Labor Day Parade. (This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) APW...
November 1, 2015
Workers Comp Fraud Investigations
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Special agents of the Postal Service Office of the Inspector General (OIG) are contracted to “safeguard postal rev...
October 31, 2015
A Century Later, Labor’s Legendary Troubadour Lives On
Joe Hill (This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) One hundred years have passed since a firing squad at the Utah State Penitentiary executed Joe Hill at s...
October 30, 2015
Budget Deal Protecting Social Security and Medicare Beneficiaries Passes U.S. House
Congressional leaders and the White House announced on Monday that they had reached a deal to avert default and keep the government funded. Outgoing House Speaker John Boehner helped arrange the deal, which also cleare...
October 30, 2015
MVS Operators Honored for Safe Driving by National Safety Council
Jimmy Ellis Charles Pettus Two MVS tractor-trailer operators have been issued awards in recognition of their safe driving records. Jimmy Ellis of the Greater Seattle Area Local and Charles Pettus of the Oakland Local r...
October 29, 2015
‘Stand Up for Safe Jobs’ Campaign Underway
Last year, more than 36,000 postal workers were injured or sickened at work and at least 10 suffered fatalities. “Here’s the simple truth,” APWU President Mark Dimondstein and Industrial Relations Director Tony D. McKinn...
October 28, 2015
Maine AFL-CIO Joins Grand Alliance, Backs Postal Banking
Members of the Maine AFL-CIO adopted resolutions supporting two important postal issues at their 30th biennial convention on Oct. 22 and 23 -- in support of postal banking and to join A Grand Alliance to Save Our Public...
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 28, 2015
Young Workers Learn How to Educate, Agitate, Organize!
Young workers discuss how to refute common misconceptions about the economy and practice the art of persuasion. 2015 was the centennial of the execution of labor activist Joe Hill. His famous last words were, “Don't mour...
October 26, 2015
CARA Rallies and Pickets with Stop Staples
Members of the California Alliance of Retired Americans (CARA) joined the Stop Staples campaign for a rally and picket in front of an Upland, CA, location on Tuesday, Oct. 20.
October 23, 2015
Congressional Democrats Draw Line in the Sand over Social Security, Medicare Cuts
The November 3 deadline for raising the federal debt limit is fast approaching, bringing with it the risk of a U.S. credit default if Congress fails to act. Democrats in Congress have drawn an early line in the sand, say...