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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 Service Trims List of Targeted Stations
November 20, 2009
The USPS announced Nov. 20 that it has reduced the list of stations and branches under consideration for closure to 241 [list] (from 371 in early October) but warned that the new list does not represent a final decision on consolidation, adding that...
Pay Raise Set for Nov. 21
November 18, 2009
APWU-represented postal workers will receive a 1.2 percent increase in their annual salaries effective Nov. 21.
ALSO: APWU members are being asked to contact their U.S. Senators and urge them to support healthcare reform legislation.
AND: Penalty-...
APWU Health Plan Offers Two Great Options
November 17, 2009
With health plan Open Season underway, the union urges postal and federal employees to consider the two great options offered by the APWU Health Plan.
Remember George: Give the Gift of Life
November 13, 2009
In a 90-day campaign launched in April, the APWU, the Postal Service and the National Marrow Donor Program took part in a nationwide marrow-registry drive, both to support the program in general and in the hopes that a donor-match would be found for...
Garment Worker Expanded Union Ideals Beyond the Workplace
October 31, 2009
Every time people take a stand to improve the lot of others, “they send forth a tiny ripple of hope,” Robert F. Kennedy once observed. Chicago garment worker Sidney Hillman spent a lifetime sending forth ripples that made big waves — and helped turn...