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APWU President Mark Dimondstein's Opening Remarks for 2024 Contract Negotiations
June 25, 2024
Read President Dimondstein's strong remarks to lead off opening day of contract talks.
Management Reducing Package Presort Discounts
June 14, 2024
The Postal Service is in the early stages of eliminating the deepest of several discounts where package consolidators sort to the Destination Delivery Units (DDUs) and five-digit presort.
Second Significant COLA Increase of 2017 Announced
August 11, 2017
In accordance with the 2015-2018 Collective Bargaining Agreement, career employees represented by the APWU will receive a 13 cents per hour cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) effective September 2. The increase is the result of an increase in the...
Information Technology/Accounting Services Reaches Tentative Agreement with USPS
July 28, 2017
The American Postal Workers Union and United States Postal Service reached a tentative agreement for bargaining unit employees in the Information Technology and Accounting Services Centers (IT/AS). This agreement is subject to ratification by the...
Locals Inform Public About Proposed Job and Service Cuts
July 27, 2017
This Postal Heritage Day, two APWU locals celebrated the USPS’ 242nd birthday by holding informational pickets informing the public about the proposed job cuts by USPS management through reversions, abolishments and excessing – further disrupting...
Update on the Fight Back Against USPS Reductions in Service and Jobs
July 27, 2017
Following strong resistance from the APWU – and the National Postal Mail Handlers Union (NPMHU) – USPS management agreed to a five-month delay in implementing forced reassignments and excessing of employees out of their installations.