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January 1, 2016
‘Zero Base’ Initiative Dispute Settled
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The APWU and the Postal Service settled a dispute in September concerning management’s restructuring of Tractor-Tra...
January 1, 2016
Time for a Political Revolution?
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) You may have heard politicians talking about income inequality recently, but did you know that approximately 42 per...
January 1, 2016
‘Zero Base’ Initiative Dispute Settled
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The APWU and the Postal Service settled a dispute in September concerning management’s restructuring of Tractor-Tra...
January 1, 2016
What Happens to COPA Requests?
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) It was a pleasure to spend time with APWU brothers and sisters at the All-Craft Conference. I truly enjoyed the opp...
January 1, 2016
Stand Up for Safe Jobs! Campaign Underway
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) In 2014, more than 36,000 postal workers were injured or sickened at work and at least 10 suffered fatalities. “Her...
January 1, 2016
Young Workers Convene
Young workers discuss how to refute common misconceptions about the economy and practice the art of persuasion. (This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) No...
January 1, 2016
What Happens to COPA Requests?
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) It was a pleasure to spend time with APWU brothers and sisters at the All-Craft Conference. I truly enjoyed the opp...
January 1, 2016
Stand Up for Safe Jobs! Campaign Underway
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) In 2014, more than 36,000 postal workers were injured or sickened at work and at least 10 suffered fatalities. “Her...
January 1, 2016
Young Workers Convene
Young workers discuss how to refute common misconceptions about the economy and practice the art of persuasion. (This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) No...
January 1, 2016
What is ALEC?
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) “ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council, is not a lobby or a front group. It is much more powerful than th...
January 1, 2016
Committing to Better Health
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The start of a new year almost always brings New Year’s resolutions. Most people take the opportunity to start anew...
January 1, 2016
Retirees Educational Conference
Velma Chism, Ohio State Retirees president, (second from right), received the John R. Smith Award. (This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Over 200 retiree...
January 1, 2016
Wounded Warriors Federal Leave Act
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) President Obama signed the Wounded Warrior Federal Leave Act of 2015 into law on Nov. 5. After passing the House in...
January 1, 2016
What is ALEC?
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) “ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council, is not a lobby or a front group. It is much more powerful than th...
January 1, 2016
Committing to Better Health
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The start of a new year almost always brings New Year’s resolutions. Most people take the opportunity to start anew...
January 1, 2016
Retirees Educational Conference
Velma Chism, Ohio State Retirees president, (second from right), received the John R. Smith Award. (This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Over 200 retiree...
January 1, 2016
Wounded Warriors Federal Leave Act
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) President Obama signed the Wounded Warrior Federal Leave Act of 2015 into law on Nov. 5. After passing the House in...
December 31, 2015
APWU Members Show Up for CLUW Biannual Convention
December 31, 2015
Paul Robeson: Internationally Acclaimed Performer, Champion of the People
Robeson signs autographs after a 1924 concert for naval workers. Photo courtesy of Robeson Family Trust and Marilyn Robeson (This article first appeared in the January-February issue of The American Postal Worker magazin...
December 24, 2015
Happy Holidays!
December 19, 2015
Bernie Sanders Campaign’s Access Restored!
"Thanks to an immediate and massive protest by fair-minded individuals and organizations against the heavy-handed, anti-democratic tactics of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), the Bernie Sanders campaign now has h...
December 18, 2015
Maintenance Division Files Suit to Enforce eWHEP Staffing Award
The APWU filed a complaint in federal court on Dec. 11 seeking enforcement of a national arbitration award on staffing at Bulk Mail Centers (BMC), Maintenance Craft Director Steve Raymer has announced. The complaint asks...
December 18, 2015
Congress Approves Spending Bill; Fails to Address Epidemic of Delayed Mail
Congress approved an appropriations bill on Dec. 18 to fund the government through 2016, but failed to include a measure that would have restored postal service standards to their pre-January 2015 levels.
December 17, 2015
‘Implement Postal Banking Now!’
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton,Rich Fiesta and Melanie Campbell present petitions to Deputy Postmaster General Ronald A. Stroman. Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) joined members of the Campaign for Postal...
December 15, 2015
$56 Million Payment Delayed
The Postal Service failed to complete processing of a $56 million payment to clerks in small offices in time for the holidays, the union has learned. Management blamed the delay on a computer glitch technicians encounte...
December 10, 2015
PSE Conversions Top 25,000!
The APWU reached a major milestone in November: More than 25,000 Postal Support Employees (PSEs) – including some from every craft – have been converted to career over the last two years. “This is a life-changing event f...
December 10, 2015
Contract Update
Our fight for a new Collective Bargaining Agreement has moved to a new phase, APWU President Mark Dimondstein reports. “We are taking the preliminary steps necessary to proceed to arbitration,” he said. The first step is...
December 10, 2015
San Jose Fifth Graders Stand with Postal Workers
These San Jose fifth graders Stand with Postal Workers! The San Jose Contract Action Team and Regional Coordinator Omar Gonzalez visited 120 fifth graders at Donald J. Meyer Elementary School on Dec. 4, where they talked...
December 8, 2015
More Than 150,000 Have Signed Postal Banking Petition
More than 150,000 people have signed a petition launched by the Campaign for Postal Banking urging Postmaster General Megan Brennan to implement postal banking in post offices across the country. Organizers plan to deli...
December 7, 2015
FTC to Challenge Merger of Staples, Office Depot
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced today that it would seek to stop the proposed merger of Staples and Office Depot, the nation’s largest and second-largest office-supply chains. The agency filed an “administra...