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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...

Dimondstein: Contract Negotiations Reflect Our Power

August 20, 2016
“Negotiations come down to power,” APWU President Mark Dimondstein told delegates at the union’s National Convention at a meeting on the new contract. The results of negotiations reflect how much power and leverage each side can assert, he said....

Stop Staples Activists Honor Rosie the Riveter

August 18, 2016
Stop Staples activists, APWU members and retirees participated in an event honoring Rosie the Riveter on Saturday, Aug. 13, in Richmond, CA. The event also recognized all the women who helped build ships and planes during World War II. 

COLA Increase

August 16, 2016
Career employees represented by the APWU will receive a one-cent per hour cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) effective Sept. 3, in accordance with the 2015-2018 Collective Bargaining Agreement. The increase is the result of a slight increase in the...

Stop Staples Campaign Perseveres in Western Pennsylvania

August 15, 2016
  Members of the Western Pennsylvania Postal Solidarity Committee held a Stop Staples protest in front of a location in Uniontown, PA, on Sunday, Aug. 14. Participants came from as far away as Beaver County, PA, and Ohio. 

Candidates’ Online Statements Updated

August 12, 2016
Several candidates for national union office have updated their online statements, in accordance with Article 11.3.c.2 of the APWU Constitution.   To view the statements, click here and follow the log-in instructions for the Members Only section.

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