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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...

Unity and Activism - Key to Victory!

March 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017  issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) By President Mark Dimondstein After a dynamic three-year campaign, we have won the Stop Staples fight! Postal management informed the APWU in...

Honoring Women's History

March 1, 2017
 On Feb 27, 2017, The APWU National Executive Board adopted a proclamation to honor the women of the APWU throughout March, in celebration of Women's History Month. Click to read the proclamation...

The Great 1970 Mail Strike that Stunned the Country

February 28, 2017
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)  In March of 1970, the United States had been in a financial and commerce standstill for two weeks. Tired of poor working conditions and low pay,...

APWU Deaf/Hard of Hearing Conference is May 2

February 22, 2017
The 2017 APWU Deaf/Hard of Hearing Conference will be held in Washington, DC at Kellogg Conference Center at Gallaudet University on May 2, 2017.  This one-day conference will address the unique problems and concerns in the workplace, union, and...

New Hampshire Workers Win

February 17, 2017
On Feb. 16, New Hampshire members of Congress voted 200-177 to kill a controversial, misnamed “Right-to-Work” bill, and to bar its reconsideration from the next legislative session.

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