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Don't Let Management Take Your Pulse!

July 8, 2024
The APWU is urging union members to refrain from participating in the USPS management’s Postal Pulse survey. Negotiations for a new union contract began June 25, and any information you give them can be used in retaliation to hurt us during...

Contract Negotiations Begin – APWU Negotiating Team Delivers Opening Day Remarks

June 27, 2024
On June 25, contract negotiations began for our next main collective bargaining agreement with the Postal Service. The current contract expires on Sept. 20. Both the union and postal management exchanged opening statements, outlining their...

Single-Payer Health Care - Its Time Has Come

November 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the November-December 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) The following is an op-ed by President Mark Dimondstein that originally appeared in Cleveland's The Plain Dealer on Sept. 20. Congress is back...

Catching Up with APWU Young Leaders

November 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the November-December 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) At the All-Craft Conference, the American Postal Worker sat down and spoke with a few young APWU leaders about why they decided to get involved...

A Growing Workplace Danger

November 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the November-December 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Industrial Relations Director Vance Zimmerman  In 2001, Anthrax-laden letters were sent through the mail sickening 22 Americans, including...

Communication Is the Key

November 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the Nov-Dec 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  By Secretary-Treasurer Liz Powell  In most local unions, the primary means of communicating with the membership is at the general union meeting. However...

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