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Statement by APWU President Mark Dimondstein on the Selection of the Next Postmaster General
May 9, 2025
On May 9, 2025, the Postal Board of Governors announced the selection of David Steiner as the next Postmaster General. Steiner is now going through an internal vetting process and is expected to assume the position sometime in July.
Recent Polling Shows Registered Voters Overwhelmingly Favor Public Postal Service, Expanding Services
May 8, 2025
In February, the APWU commissioned a national survey to better understand the public’s sentiment on the public Postal Service and attempts at privatization. Here are the key takeaways
Contractual Retroactive Payment in November 18th Paychecks: Second Annual Wage Increase Coming Soon.
October 31, 2016
Retroactive Pay for Nov. 14, 2015 – Aug. 5, 2016
The interest arbitration award dated July 8, 2016 that established the terms for the 2015-2018 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), ordered a retroactive pay increase effective Nov. 14, 2015. USPS...
APWU Organizing Victory!
October 28, 2016
Gloria Gonzalez (left) and her co-worker proudly display
their APWU membership cards.
The American Postal Workers Union (APWU) is celebrating an organizing victory! Workers at the Mail Transport Equipment Service Center (MTESC) located in Urbandale...
Stop Staples Campaign Alive and Well in Massachusetts
October 24, 2016
Stop Staples activists held a rally in front of a bustling location in Revere, MA, just north of Boston, on Oct. 20.
On 15th Anniversary of Anthrax Attacks, Workers Recall Those Who Died
October 21, 2016
Fifteen years after their deaths from exposure to anthrax-laden mail, Joseph P. Curseen Jr. and Thomas L. Morris Jr. were remembered by their co-workers at a reflective and joyful ceremony on Oct. 21. A monument to the two APWU members was unveiled...
Paltry COLA Will Leave Postal, Federal Retirees Worse Off
October 20, 2016
The APWU has joined with 74 other organizations to urge Congress to correct an outrageous disparity, Retirees Department Director Nancy Olumekor reports. Unless the legislature takes action, a miniscule 0.3 percent 2017 cost-of-living adjustment for...