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Big News!! APWU, USPS Reach Tentative Agreement on New Union Contract!

June 6, 2025
The American Postal Workers Union and the U.S. Postal Service have reached a tentative Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), announced APWU President and Lead Negotiator Mark Dimondstein. The proposed union contract is three years in duration:...

House Passes Bill to Eliminate the FERS Supplemental “Bridge” Payment

May 22, 2025
The House just passed H.R. 1, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which eliminates the FERS supplemental bridge payment and funnels $4.5 trillion in tax cuts to the ultra-wealthy. Our fight now moves to the Senate.

Be Part of Our Democracy – Support ‘Vote by Mail’

May 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) By Executive Vice President Debby Szeredy Voter registration in our country is in a sorry state. in the 2016 general election, not all eligible voters...

‘In Order to Form a More Perfect Union’

May 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) By President Mark Dimondstein  The preamble to the U.S. Constitution includes the well-known and eloquent words, “in order to form a more perfect union...

APWU Members Take it to the Streets

May 1, 2017
Members of the Barre Local [VT] were joined by their APWU brothers and sisters from across New England - including National President Mark Dimondstein and Northeast Regional Coordinator John H. Dirzius - for an informational picket outside the South...

Higher Union Membership Boosts Wages for All

May 1, 2017
APWU Grassroots Political & Legislative Coordinator Janice Kelble (second from right)  with community activists (L-R) Jeff Kramer, Kathy Staub, Keith Yergeau,  Elizabeth Ropp, Emily Eastman and Eric Zulaski after “right to work” law was defeated...

Fighting for Workplace Safety

April 30, 2017
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Before passage of the Occupational Safety and Health Act in December 1970, millions of Americans risked their lives every time they reported for duty –...

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