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APWU Announces Day of Action to Defend the Public Postal Service
March 6, 2025
On March 20, postal workers and allies across the country will take to the streets to stand together and say "Hands Off Our Public Postal Service!"
NY TIMES: As Trump Eyes the Postal Service, Concerns Grow Over Its Independence
March 6, 2025
President Trump’s attempt to exert more control over the U.S. Postal Service has fueled concerns that those efforts could hurt the agency’s ability to reliably deliver mail to all corners of the country, a mandate that is core to its mission.
Stop Staples Campaign Keeps on Rolling Through Pennsylvania
June 17, 2015
Keep on truckin’! Members of the Western Pennsylvania Postal Workers
Solidarity Committee protested in front of a Staples store
in New Kensington, PA, on June 14.
Postal Unions Object to Administration Proposal to Reduce Compensation to Injured Workers
June 16, 2015
In a June 15 letter, the presidents of the four postal unions asked the Department of Labor (DOL) and the White House to withdraw a proposal that would reduce compensation benefits to injured workers and urged the administration instead to work with...
Contract Mediation Gets Underway
June 12, 2015
Representatives of the APWU and USPS met with officials of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) on June 9 to begin mediation on a new collective bargaining agreement.
APWU President Mark Dimondstein, Industrial Relations Director...
House Rejects Bad Trade Deal
June 12, 2015
Workers, environmentalists and other progressives won a major victory on June 12 when a bipartisan coalition of House members torpedoed a trade bill backed by the White House.
The labor movement and others mounted a major campaign to defeat “fast...
A Temporary Victory for Seniors, Bad Trade Deal Fails to Advance in House
June 12, 2015
The U.S. House of Representatives failed to advance a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Fast Track authority legislative package on Friday, handing retirees a temporary victory by a vote of 126-302. President Barack Obama's bid for fast-track trade...