First 2018 COLA Increase Announced
February 23, 2018
In accordance with the 2015-2018 Collective Bargaining Agreement, career employees represented by the APWU will receive a 25 cent per hour cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), effective March 3.
The increase is the result of a rise in the Consumer...
APWU Reaches Monetary Settlement with USPS on POStPlan Staffing Violations
February 23, 2018
On February 9, the Clerk Craft reached a $49.9 million dollar settlement with the USPS on POStPlan staffing violations. The monetary settlement follows a ruling by Arbitrator Stephen Goldberg that the Postal Service violated Arbitrator Goldberg’s...
President Dimondstein and Northeast Region Coordinator Dirzius Visit Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands
February 22, 2018
MVS Members and local officers of the Puerto Rico Area Local with President Dimondstein and Coordinator Dirzius.
President Mark Dimondstein and Northeast Region Coordinator John H. Dirzius recently visited Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands to talk...
White House Budget for 2019 Continues Attacks on Postal and Federal Workers
February 21, 2018
The White House introduced its proposed Fiscal Year 2019 budget to Congress last week. For postal and federal workers, this budget is largely a reintroduction of last year’s failed attacks on our pay and benefits, but takes them even further.
Working People’s Day of Action is Feb. 24
February 17, 2018
On Saturday, Feb. 24, workers will gather from coast to coast for a Working People’s Day of Action to demand an end to the rigged economic system. They will to stand together to fight for social and economic justice including the right to fair...