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Contract Negotiations Begin – APWU Negotiating Team Delivers Opening Day Remarks
June 27, 2024
On June 25, contract negotiations began for our next main collective bargaining agreement with the Postal Service. The current contract expires on Sept. 20. Both the union and postal management exchanged opening statements, outlining their...
APWU “Building Union Power” National Organizing Drive Blasts Past Goal, Recruits 8707 New Members
June 27, 2024
The Building Union Power national organizing drive concluded on June 25, and by end of day, hit 8707 new members!
Thriving Clerk Craft is Ready for More!
August 21, 2016
Members of the Clerk Craft have a reason to celebrate: For the first time in over a decade, the craft has grown. After losing more than 100,000 jobs since 2003, 15,000 new members have been added to the rolls.
Historic Win for the Maintenance Craft: An All-Career Workforce
August 21, 2016
The new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) included a historic win for the Maintenance Craft.
“We have negotiated our way to an all-career workforce,” Maintenance Craft Director Steven G. Raymer, said at the National Convention. “There used to be...
Mobilizing a Progressive Labor Movement
August 21, 2016
Postal workers are experts in workroom floor solidarity. But in order to build a true, progressive labor movement, that sense of mobilization must be spread into the community – and beyond.
“None of us can do anything to move the progressive...
Dimondstein: Contract Negotiations Reflect Our Power
August 20, 2016
“Negotiations come down to power,” APWU President Mark Dimondstein told delegates at the union’s National Convention at a meeting on the new contract. The results of negotiations reflect how much power and leverage each side can assert, he said....
Stop Staples Activists Honor Rosie the Riveter
August 18, 2016
Stop Staples activists, APWU members and retirees participated in an event honoring Rosie the Riveter on Saturday, Aug. 13, in Richmond, CA. The event also recognized all the women who helped build ships and planes during World War II.