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Postal Workers Hold Nationwide 'Day of Action' Oct. 1 in 90 Cities to Promote Vote-by-Mail, Demand First-Class Service Year-Round
October 1, 2024
WASHINGTON – On Tues., Oct. 1 postal workers who are members of the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) will be rallying with the public in front of postal facilities across the country to sound the alarm about the United States Postal Service’s...
APWU Maintenance Division Secures $15 Million Part-Time Regular Settlement Agreement
September 23, 2024
In 2021, the APWU Maintenance Division filed a national dispute regarding the Postal Service's violation of Article 7 section 3 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), specifically concerning the 2.5 percent cap on the total number of Part-...
Local Union Elections
October 2, 2018
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
By Secretary-Treasurer Liz Powell
It starts with the process for nominations. One of the ways to alleviate and hopefully prevent complaints,...
I Have a Dream, You Have a Dream, and Dr. King Had a Dream
October 2, 2018
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
By Vice President Debby Szeredy
My dream would be to help make APWU truly a movement of members fighting to save the USPS from privatization....
The Five Ds
October 1, 2018
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
By President Mark Dimondstein
I was honored to have led the just concluded APWU’s 24th Biennial National Convention – the grand union meeting...
APWU Reaches Agreement on an Updated RI-399 Process
September 27, 2018
After decades of jurisdictional disputes, the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) reached agreement with the National Postal Mail Handlers Union (NPMHU) and the Postal Service on an updated RI-399 procedure for jurisdictional work assignments to...
APWU and Postal Management Agree to Extend Negotiations Deadline until October 20, 2018
September 21, 2018
APWU President Mark Dimondstein has announced that the union and the Postal Service have agreed to extend negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement for 30 days.
Our current union contract between the American Postal Workers Union and...