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Join “APWU Live: Contract Townhall” on Wednesday June 11 at 7 p.m. EST

June 10, 2025
Join APWU President Mark Dimondstein and members of the National Negotiations Committee  on Wednesday, June 11 at 7 p.m. EST for an update on the recent Tentative Agreement (TA) on the main 2024-2027 Collective Bargaining Agreement.

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:...

Carwasheros Win Contract

May 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Following a four month strike, the “carwasheros” of Brooklyn, NY, have secured a contract. Workers at 10 car wash companies have voted to join the...

Young Workers Summit Makes a Splash in Chicago

May 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) More than a thousand young unionists, activists and organizers convened in Chicago from March 19-22 for the Next Up: Young Workers Summit, sponsored by...

USW Strikers Get a Contract

May 1, 2015
Stop Staples supporters join the USW on the picket line. (This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) After a six-week strike, the United Steel Workers Union and Shell Oil agreed on a new national...

NYC Zara Workers Get a Raise

May 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) After months of protest and pressure from a workers campaign, Zara clothing retail workers in New York City received a raise. In a letter to employees,...

Postal Clerk Remembers Bloody Sunday

May 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Distribution Clerk George James was just 15 when he tried to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge on March 7, 1965. He says he had no idea history would be...

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