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APWU, Unions Rally with AFGE to ‘Save Our Civil Service’
February 12, 2025
In a massive show of solidarity, AFL-CIO affiliated unions, Congressional allies, and federal workers gathered on Feb. 11 at Upper Senate Park in a rally to “Save Our Civil Service,” hosted by American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) amid...
PRC Advisory Opinion on USPS Service Standard Changes, Warns of ‘Significant Negative Impact’
February 4, 2025
In October 2024, the United States Postal Service announced proposed changes to how it collects and distributes outgoing mail that would lengthen the delivery service standards for much of the country’s First Class Mail. Before implementing the...
San Jose Fifth Graders Stand with Postal Workers
December 10, 2015
These San Jose fifth graders Stand with Postal Workers!
The San Jose Contract Action Team and Regional Coordinator Omar Gonzalez visited 120 fifth graders at Donald J. Meyer Elementary School on Dec. 4, where they talked about the importance of the...
Contract Update
December 10, 2015
Our fight for a new Collective Bargaining Agreement has moved to a new phase, APWU President Mark Dimondstein reports.
“We are taking the preliminary steps necessary to proceed to arbitration,” he said. The first step is to select a three-member...
PSE Conversions Top 25,000!
December 10, 2015
The APWU reached a major milestone in November: More than 25,000 Postal Support Employees (PSEs) – including some from every craft – have been converted to career over the last two years.
“This is a life-changing event for the workers who were...
More Than 150,000 Have Signed Postal Banking Petition
December 8, 2015
More than 150,000 people have signed a petition launched by the Campaign for Postal Banking urging Postmaster General Megan Brennan to implement postal banking in post offices across the country. Organizers plan to deliver the petitions this month...
FTC to Challenge Merger of Staples, Office Depot
December 7, 2015
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced today that it would seek to stop the proposed merger of Staples and Office Depot, the nation’s largest and second-largest office-supply chains. The agency filed an “administrative complaint” charging that...