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APWU President Mark Dimondstein Responds to Trump's Truth Social Post
September 16, 2024
On September 15, former President Donald Trump said that the Postal Service could not be trusted to deliver election mail, an attack on the 650,000 dedicated public servants that make up the United States Postal Service.
President Mark Dimondstein Updates Members on APWU Contract Negotiations
September 10, 2024
Greetings APWU Family,
With our main Collective Bargaining Agreement expiring on September 20th, I wanted to give you a status report.
Department of Labor Safety Complaint Underscores Widespread, Systemic Violations
July 8, 2010
The Department of Labor filed a complaint against the Postal Service on July 6 for ongoing and systemic violations of safe electrical work practices, marking the first time the department has sought an “enterprise-wide” remedy.
OSHA Fines USPS For Safety Violations at Southern MD P&DC
July 7, 2010
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited the USPS for nine “willful and serious” safety violations at the Southern MD Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC), and ordered the Postal Service to pay $272,000 in fines.
Postal Legislation Stalled in House
July 7, 2010
Ignoring the urging of numerous senators and many others, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) has signaled his intent to bring to the House floor a postal bill that unions, customers, small businesses and many legislators have condemned. In a...
PRC Affirms USPS Overpaid $50 Billion to Retirement Fund
July 2, 2010
The Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) released an independent actuarial report on June 30 which confirms that the Postal Service was overcharged $50-$55 billion for payments to the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) between 1972 and 2009.
The Battle of Blair Mountain
June 30, 2010
Following a wave of strikes, by 1920 the United Mine Workers (UMW) had succeeded in winning union contracts for miners across much of the nation, but coal barons in the southern West Virginia were determined to keep workers down. Company bosses cut...