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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...

Postal Banking Hits Responsive Chord

November 1, 2016
Mehrsa Baradaran (This article first appeared in the November-December 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)   Delegates to the APWU convention in August responded enthusiastically to the possibilities that postal banking holds, both...

Ask Me About A Grand Alliance!

November 1, 2016
Courtney Jenkins and Sherry McKnight (Baltimore Local), Nora Taggart and Kevin Walsh (New York Local). (This article first appeared in the November-December 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) President Mark Dimondstein reported to...

The Young Worker Activist

November 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the November-December 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Initially, i would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the local, state and national officers, stewards and members who voted for me...

MVS Wins Important Ruling on Subcontracting

November 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the November-December 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) It’s no secret that the APWU has been frustrated over the Postal Service’s repeated violations of Article 32.2 of the Collective Bargaining...

Convention Adds National Business Agent

November 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the November-December issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Delegates made some tough decisions at the union’s 2016 national convention, including a few that have a direct effect on Support Services Division...

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