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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.
A Welcome Return for the APWU Biennial National Convention
September 16, 2022
The delegates in attendance at the 26th Biennial Convention showed up and stepped up through the challenges COVID-19 may have presented to ensure the convention was successful. Congratulations to everyone who participated.
As the Secretary-Treasurer...
Second COLA = Record Breaking $1.18/hr
September 10, 2022
In accordance with the 2021-2024 Collective Bargaining Agreement (union contract), career employees represented by the APWU will receive a $1.18 per hour Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA), effective August 27, 2022.
The adjustment is the result of a...
Local Organizing – The Fund That Pays for Itself
September 10, 2022
As local and state officers bring their 2023 budgets to September and October meetings, it is important every local creates a budget for organizing.
This summer, in our Building Union Power organizing drive, we recruited 5,000 new members. But the...
Federal Domestic Violence Laws
September 10, 2022
The text in this article is from the U.S. Department of Justice Website
Federal Domestic Violence Laws
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been an alarming rise in domestic violence and intimate partner violence. In 1994, Congress passed the...
Union Democracy Sets the Agenda
September 10, 2022
We just completed our 26th Biennial National Convention, which was held in National Harbor, MD. The delegates engaged in meaningful and spirited debate over the resolutions put before them.
The APWU arguably has the most democratic process of any of...