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An Update on the Social Security Fairness Act

July 31, 2024
The APWU has never stopped fighting to pass the Social Security Fairness Act (H.R. 82, S. 597). 

Preventing Hearing Loss at Work and Home

July 31, 2024
Hearing protection is especially important for APWU members given the diverse and noisy work environments we encounter. The Industrial Relations Department is committed to ensuring that we keep you informed about hearing hazards and the precautions...

Custodian TL 5 Implementation Schedule (As of Nov. 22, 2014)

December 17, 2014
The USPS and APWU agreed to implement the MS-47 TL-5 dated June 27, 2014, and its cleaning procedures at no more than 15 facilities during Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 (for purposes of this MOU only, a "facility" is a single site or location which has its...

The Case for Postal Banking

December 16, 2014
APWU President Mark Dimondstein spells out the case for postal banking in response to “The Case Against Postal Banking," a post on the Mother Jones website by blogger Kevin Drum. “Kevin Drum should do his homework,” Dimondstein writes in an article...

Maintenance Craft Wins $8.64 Million Remedy for Improper Subcontracting

December 14, 2014
Arbitrator Shyam Das has ordered the Postal Service to pay Maintenance Craft employees $8.64 million for improperly subcontracting work that could have been performed by bargaining unit employees, Maintenance Craft Director Steve Raymer has...

APWU Joins Protests: Justice for All!

December 13, 2014
  APWU members joined rallies protesting police killings of unarmed black men on Saturday, Dec. 13. Shown here, at the rally in Washington, DC, President Mark Dimondstein marches alongside Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of...

Sherrod Brown to Introduce Harkin Bill to Expand Social Security in 114th Congress

December 12, 2014
Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) has announced plans to reintroduce Sen. Tom Harkin’s (D-IA) Strengthening Social Security Act in the next Congress. The bill would change the Social Security benefit formula, ensuring that cost of living adjustments...

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