Members Are Asking...
July 24, 2019
Members have legitimate questions and deserve factual answers. “Why are we facing interest arbitration for a new contract when there was a tentative agreement?” “What was in it?” “Why didn’t I get a vote?” “When am I receiving raises and my next...
Grand Alliance Holds Congressional Briefing to Defend Public Postal Service
July 17, 2019
On July 15, A Grand Alliance to Save Our Public Postal Service held a Congressional briefing at the United States Capitol. The briefing’s three-member panel included APWU President Mark Dimondstein, Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) Associate...
Tackling Workplace Harassment
July 12, 2019
The newly formed Workplace Environment Committee met on July 11-12 at the Tommy Douglass Center in Silver Spring, MD to correlate mediums, methods and procedures to deal with employee-employer relations on the workroom floor. Established by...
Alex Acosta to resign as Secretary of Labor
July 12, 2019
Alex Acosta has announced his resignation as Secretary of Labor.
Four months ago, the APWU Executive Board called on Acosta to resign for his conduct in 2007 while working as a U.S. Attorney in Miami, when he brokered an unlawful plea bargain with...
Young Members Committee Descends on D.C.
July 10, 2019
Regional designees of the Young Members Committee met in Washington, D.C. this week. The designees discussed how to bridge the gap between seasoned, new and young members to drive the union forward. The Committee also worked on the upcoming Young...