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APWU Arbitration Award Secures Grievance Rights for Separated Non-Probationary Employees
July 17, 2025
The APWU has secured a major victory for the rights of non-probationary employees who are discharged without just cause from the Postal Service to file grievances on those discharges and have them heard in arbitration, Industrial Relations Director...
WATCH: APWU President Dimondstein on Ratification of 2024-2027 National Agreement
July 12, 2025
APWU President Mark Dimondstein Addresses the membership on the Ratification of the 2024-2027 National Agreement
APWU Convention Delegates to Protest Decline in Service
August 15, 2006
Philadelphians are keenly aware of a decline in area mail service in recent months, and Thursday afternoon the APWU will help make sure that residents hear that the dramatic deterioration in service is the result of ill-advised postal policies that...
Celebrate: '100 Years of Progress'
August 15, 2006
Chester Parrish, left, and President William Burrus
cut into the ceremonial cake.
It would not have been much of a birthday without a cake, so the American Postal Workers Union kicked off its 18th Biennial National Convention with a salute to a...
Union Launches Ad Campaign to Combat Consolidation
July 26, 2006
Thirty-second television ads outline the
negative effects of consolidation on
mail service.
The APWU is taking its grassroots campaign against USPS “network realignment” to a new level by airing radio and television ads that warn of week-long delays...
Union President Condemns USPS Plans to Privatize AMCs
July 10, 2006
APWU President William Burrus has denounced Postal Service plans to subcontract work currently performed by bargaining unit employees at more than half of the nation’s Air Mail Centers. “This ill-advised adventure would privatize an important and...
John L. Lewis: A Giant Among Labor Leaders
June 30, 2006
A dominant figure in labor history, John L. Lewis was the founding force behind several national unions and a leader of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) for more than 40 years. In aiding the union struggle for better wages and benefits, he...