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This Workers’ Memorial Day, File a PS Form 1767 - Report of Hazard, Unsafe Condition or Practice
March 12, 2025
This Workers’ Memorial Day, we are calling on our members to take part in collective action to make sure our workplaces are clean, safe, and healthy! On April 28, fill out and file a PS Form 1767 – Report of Hazard, Unsafe Condition or Practice....
Stand Up for Safe Jobs on Workers' Memorial Day!
March 12, 2025
On April 28, Workers Memorial Day, I challenge all of you to be willing to Stand Up for Safe Jobs and take action on this day. There are many things you can do:
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...
NLRB Charges Postal Service with Illegal Surveillance of Staples Protests
December 12, 2014
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has charged the USPS with illegally spying on postal employees while they protested outside a Staples store in Atlanta on March 4 and 9, 2014.