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17,000 AT&T Workers Strike Across Southeastern US

August 23, 2024
More than 17,000 AT&T workers across nine southeastern states walked off their jobs on Friday, Aug. 16, 2024. The workers, represented by Communications Workers of America (CWA), filed an unfair labor practice (ULP) charge against AT&T...

Statement from APWU President Mark Dimondstein on the Postal Service’s Proposal to Further Slow Mail Processing and Delivery

August 23, 2024
The American Postal Workers Union is deeply concerned regarding the August 22nd announcement from postal management, with the support of the Postal Board of Governors, that they are once again planning to slow down much of the country’s mail. The...

Is Check Cashing Coming to a Post Office Near You?

July 1, 2015
Activists protest for predatory loan reform in Illinois. (This article first appeared in the July-August 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) A May 21 report by the USPS Office of Inspector General (OIG) outlines the next steps for...

Contracts, Contracts, Contracts

July 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the July-August 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) “Busy” is the buzz word! the support services division is responsible for articles 40 and 41 of the APWU’s Collective Bargaining Agreement with the...

Steering the Enterprise

July 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the July-August 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) This isn’t a review of a new, epic star trek saga. it is, however, the tale of an incredible journey into the black hole of privatization and the...

National Day of Action

July 1, 2015
Members in St. Louis, MO. (This article first appeared in the July-August 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) APWU members turned up the heat on the May 14 National Day of Action, holding 136 events in 118 cities across 45 states,...

Transparency is a MUST

July 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the July-August 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) After the initial rounds of negotiations, it has become even more apparent why the Motor Vehicle Division must have transparency at all levels...

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