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Join “APWU Live: Contract Townhall” on Wednesday June 11 at 7 p.m. EST

June 10, 2025
Join APWU President Mark Dimondstein and members of the National Negotiations Committee  on Wednesday, June 11 at 7 p.m. EST for an update on the recent Tentative Agreement (TA) on the main 2024-2027 Collective Bargaining Agreement.

Big News!! APWU, USPS Reach Tentative Agreement on New Union Contract!

June 6, 2025
The American Postal Workers Union and the U.S. Postal Service have reached a tentative Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), announced APWU President and Lead Negotiator Mark Dimondstein. The proposed union contract is three years in duration:...

Surviving an Earthquake or a Hurricane

November 1, 2011
(This article appeared in the November/December 2011 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Joyce B. Robinson, Research & Education Department Director This year’s devastating natural disasters demonstrate the importance of preparing an...

Union Offers Online Scheduling Tool

November 1, 2011
The APWU has posted a scheduling tool on the union’s Web site that will help local unions win desirable duty assignments in the Clerk Craft.

Battle Over USPS Future Enters Critical Period

October 31, 2011
The battle over the future of the Postal Service — and our jobs — has reached a critical stage: Key senators are meeting behind closed doors in an effort to produce a compromise bill to address the USPS financial crisis. It is likely that any...

Remembering Postal Heroes 10 Years Later

October 31, 2011
Just weeks after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, with the country still wracked with fear and anger, we learned of another deadly threat: Anthrax was being sent through the mail. Despite the dangers, postal workers kept the mail moving, as...

Delivery/Sales Services and Distribution Associate

October 31, 2011
The Postal Service and the APWU have finalized the position description and qualification standards for a new Level 6 Clerk Craft position: the Delivery/Sales Services and Distribution Associate.

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