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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:...
House Passes Bill to Eliminate the FERS Supplemental “Bridge” Payment
May 22, 2025
The House just passed H.R. 1, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which eliminates the FERS supplemental bridge payment and funnels $4.5 trillion in tax cuts to the ultra-wealthy. Our fight now moves to the Senate.
‘Zero Base’ Initiative Dispute Settled
January 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
The APWU and the Postal Service settled a dispute in September concerning management’s restructuring of Tractor-Trailer Operator and Motor...
Arbitrator Blasts Management In BMC Staffing Case
January 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
The APWU won an important grievance involving maintenance Craft staffing at Bulk Mail Centers on Oct. 19, when Arbitrator Ira Jaffe issued a...
First Time in More than a Decade: Clerk Craft Grows
January 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
For the first time in many years, the number of employees in the Clerk Craft has increased. The total number of Clerk Craft employees on Sept....
Looking Back, Going Forward After a Year of Progress
January 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
Welcome to 2016! I trust all members had a safe and prosperous holiday period.
As we begin 2016, I would like to share a short review of the...
Why We Don’t Have a New Contract Yet
January 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
The question can be heard throughout the APWU: Why don’t we have a new contract yet?