Hollingsworth Contract Ratified
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
On Sept. 11, new APWU members working at Hollingsworth LLC, a private-sector distribution company, ratified the terms of their initial...
Arbitration Hearings and Testimony Conclude
The American Postal Workers Union and United States Postal Service management conducted a final three-day session of interest arbitration Nov. 13-15. The week’s proceedings saw the conclusion of evidence submission and witness testimony in the...
Message from the President: Final Arbitration Hearings
President Dimondstein's fifth update on the interest arbitration hearings for our new union contract. We just completed three more days of hearings which ended November 15th. The hearings are now completed and the panel will begin their...
Interest Arbitration: APWU Presents Final Witness Testimony With Clerk and Custodial Evidence
Today at Interest Arbitration, APWU presented evidence from the Clerk and Maintenance Craft Divisions.
Interest Arbitration: APWU rebuts management’s economics and MVS proposals
Today at Interest Arbitration, the APWU rebutted some of management’s economic arguments, including their controversial claim that postal workers are overpaid for the skills they employ. We also responded the management’s regressive proposals for...