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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.
Continue Your APWU Activism, Become a Retiree Member!
March 19, 2024
APWU family, an important part of our fight to protect and secure our hard-earned benefits and to help to preserve the Postal Service includes the continued growth of the APWU Retirees Department. Retiree members are an asset to the APWU at every...
In Unity: Civil Rights and the Labor Movement
March 19, 2024
Historically, the intertwining narratives of the civil rights movement and the labor movement stand as powerful testaments to the resilience of the human spirit and the pursuit of equality. As Martin Luther King Jr. eloquently remarked, “The labor...
Network Modernization - Local Transportation Optimization
March 19, 2024
As part of the Postmaster General’s Delivering for America (DFA) "network modernization" plan, the Postal Service is now implementing a new transportation plan, referred to as Local Transportation Optimization (LTO).
Labor History: APWU Helped Usher in the End of Apartheid in South Africa
March 19, 2024
This month in Labor History, we look back at Apartheid in South Africa and the role APWU played in helping South Africans cast their first-ever votes in the 1994 elections:
The Benefits of "Being Union"
March 19, 2024
“Being union” is understanding that we, the workers, band together to stand up to our employer and demand safe working conditions, livable wages, and work-hour guarantees. It’s about combining our forces to deal with a quasi-government corporation.