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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).

Ralph Nader Dedicates Book to Postal Workers

July 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the July-August 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Consumer advocate Ralph Nader’s most recent book honors postal workers. Return to Sender: Unanswered Letters to the President, 2001-2015, which...

House Panel Approves Amendment To Restore Postal Service Standards

June 30, 2015
The vote by a House Committee on June 17 approving an amendment that would restore postal service standards “is a big step forward for postal workers and our customers,” said APWU President Mark Dimondstein.  “If enacted, it will mean that...

APWU Takes PRC to Court Over Refusal to Enforce Service Standards

June 29, 2015
The APWU has taken the Postal Regulatory Commission to court, challenging the commission’s decision to dismiss its complaint that the Postal Service is failing to meet service standards. The union filed the Petition for Review on May 29 in the...

APWU Participates in Rally for Voting Rights

June 29, 2015
Arrion Brown, Nations Capital Southern Maryland Area Local, and Courtney Jenkins, Baltimore Francis Stu Filbey Area Local, gearing up to fight for Voting Rights.  Two young union activists, Courtney Jenkins and Arrion Brown, represented the...

Supreme Court Upholds Federal Insurance Exchange, Benefiting Early Retirees and Older Workers

June 26, 2015
In a 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Thursday in the case of King v. Burwell that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) allows residents of states using the federal insurance exchange to receive premium subsidies for their coverage — an...

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