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17,000 AT&T Workers Strike Across Southeastern US

August 23, 2024
More than 17,000 AT&T workers across nine southeastern states walked off their jobs on Friday, Aug. 16, 2024. The workers, represented by Communications Workers of America (CWA), filed an unfair labor practice (ULP) charge against AT&T...

Statement from APWU President Mark Dimondstein on the Postal Service’s Proposal to Further Slow Mail Processing and Delivery

August 23, 2024
The American Postal Workers Union is deeply concerned regarding the August 22nd announcement from postal management, with the support of the Postal Board of Governors, that they are once again planning to slow down much of the country’s mail. The...

USPS Testing New Machine to Automate Craft Work

March 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) By Maintenance Craft Directors  The new year certainly started with a bang! while we are, of course, very proud of the efforts of the Maintenance...

Starting 2017 with a Bang!

March 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) By Industrial Relations Director Vance Zimmerman I was never a more proud member of the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) than when news broke...

Working Together to Reduce the Arbitration Backlog

March 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) By Secretary-Treasurer Liz Powell Presently, there is an arbitration backlog and the reason is simple. The grievances appealed to arbitration are...

Unity and Activism - Key to Victory!

March 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017  issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) By President Mark Dimondstein After a dynamic three-year campaign, we have won the Stop Staples fight! Postal management informed the APWU in...

Honoring Women's History

March 1, 2017
 On Feb 27, 2017, The APWU National Executive Board adopted a proclamation to honor the women of the APWU throughout March, in celebration of Women's History Month. Click to read the proclamation...

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