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Postal Workers Hold Nationwide 'Day of Action' Oct. 1 in 90 Cities to Promote Vote-by-Mail, Demand First-Class Service Year-Round

October 1, 2024
WASHINGTON –  On Tues., Oct. 1 postal workers who are members of the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) will be rallying with the public in front of postal facilities across the country to sound the alarm about the United States Postal Service’s...

APWU Maintenance Division Secures $15 Million Part-Time Regular Settlement Agreement

September 23, 2024
In 2021, the APWU Maintenance Division filed a national dispute regarding the Postal Service's violation of Article 7 section 3 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), specifically concerning the 2.5 percent cap on the total number of Part-...

Contractual Retroactive Payment in November 18th Paychecks

November 2, 2016
Retroactive Pay  The July 8, 2016 interest arbitration award established the terms for the 2015-2018 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), ordering a retroactive pay increase effective Nov. 14, 2015. USPS started paying the new rates ordered by the...

‘Keep the Promise, Pass the Bill’

November 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the November-December 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Thousands of miners and their allies rallied outside the Capitol on Sept. 8. Thousands of miners and their allies – including the APWU –...

Postal Banking Hits Responsive Chord

November 1, 2016
Mehrsa Baradaran (This article first appeared in the November-December 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)   Delegates to the APWU convention in August responded enthusiastically to the possibilities that postal banking holds, both...

Ask Me About A Grand Alliance!

November 1, 2016
Courtney Jenkins and Sherry McKnight (Baltimore Local), Nora Taggart and Kevin Walsh (New York Local). (This article first appeared in the November-December 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) President Mark Dimondstein reported to...

The Young Worker Activist

November 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the November-December 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Initially, i would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the local, state and national officers, stewards and members who voted for me...

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