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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.

An Update on the Social Security Fairness Act

September 6, 2024
Time is running out to get the Social Security Fairness Act (HR 82) passed. We are asking every APWU member to call Monday, September 9th and demand our representatives sign the discharge petition (HR 1410).

Award on Subcontracting of Associate Office Infrastructure Work

In a recent national award regarding the APWU's challenge to management's subcontracting of Associate Office Infrastructure (AOI) installation and maintenance work.

Health Insurance: A Must Read

The U.S. Postal Service is plotting to take away our health insurance and replace it with a USPS-sponsored healthcare plan that is outside of the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP).

Bargaining Rights Make a World of Difference

Over the past several years I have been combing through the union’s archives to compile a record of contractual changes over the past 30 years. While doing this research on collective bargaining achievements since 1980, it occurred to me that more...

‘Lift Gates’ Could Pose Serious Danger

The APWU has received numerous reports of serious problems with the Leyman lift gates on the new 9- and 11-ton postal trucks that have been deployed throughout most of the country. A total of 240 trucks with Leyman rail-type lift gates have been...

e-Team Report, July 1, 2011

Benefits, Pay and Ultimately Postal Jobs  Threatened with Introduction of Issa Bill Sixteen U.S. Senators Call for Department of Justice Review of New State Voter ID Laws Over One Million Signatures Delivered to Ohio Secretary of State To Put a...

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