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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.
OSHA Fines USPS For Safety Violations in West Virginia
October 15, 2010
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) fined the USPS $212,500 for willfully exposing employees to electrical safety hazards at the Huntington, WV Processing and Distribution Facility (P&DF).
Guffey Elected President, Bell Wins as VP
October 15, 2010
In balloting that ended Oct. 14, Cliff Guffey was elected the new president of the American Postal Workers Union, receiving 69 percent of the votes in a three-way race.
ALSO: Installation of National Officers

APWU Election Ballot Count
October 14, 2010
The APWU Election Committee collected ballots for the 2010 National Officers Election from the designated post office box at 2 p.m. on Oct. 14 and transported them to the Four Points by Sheraton Hotel in Washington, DC, where they will be counted.
APWU Sets the Facts Straight on the USPS
October 13, 2010
APWU President William Burrus has ridiculed assertions about the Postal Service that appeared in a recent column in the E-Commerce Times: “There were so many misstatements in your article,” Burrus wrote [PDF], “I hardly know where to begin.”
2010 Convention Transcript Now Available
October 12, 2010
An official transcript of the proceedings from the APWU’s 20th Biennial National Convention is now available to union members on www.apwu.org.