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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.
Contractual Retroactive Payment in November 18th Paychecks
November 2, 2016
Retroactive Pay
The July 8, 2016 interest arbitration award established the terms for the 2015-2018 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), ordering a retroactive pay increase effective Nov. 14, 2015. USPS started paying the new rates ordered by the...
‘Keep the Promise, Pass the Bill’
November 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the November-December 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
Thousands of miners and their allies rallied outside the Capitol on Sept. 8.
Thousands of miners and their allies – including the APWU –...
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...
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...
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...