IT/AS Employees Ratify Extension of 2011 Agreement

While 200,000 APWU members across the country await an arbitrator’s ruling on a new contract, 1,100 union members covered by the IT/AS contract voted to ratify a one-year extension of their 2011 Collective Bargaining Agreement, Support Services...

Contract Arbitration Hearings Conclude

Arbitration hearings on the APWU Collective Bargaining Agreement with the Postal Service have concluded and the union expects a decision in 30 to 60 days, President Mark Dimondstein has announced.

Solidarity Endures in Lancaster’s VMF Crew

Members of the Lancaster [PA] Area Local working in the Vehicle Maintenance Facility (VMF) wore their solidarity on their sleeves April 28 with APWU T-shirts.   

National Negotiations, Grievance Settlements

(This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) At the interest arbitration hearing for a new contract in february, the Clerk Craft presented two panels of workers who explained their job...

PSEs’ Hardships and Indignities

Nations’ Capital/Southern Maryland Area Local President Dena Briscoe, Lakeram Singh, Donica Collie, President Mark Dimondstein, Richard Ogoh, and Jody Harper. Nine Postal Support Employees presented emotional testimony on March 10 before a panel of...

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