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Join Webinar on Tuesday, May 13 at 7PM ET to Protect Our Postal Pensions!
May 12, 2025
Postal and Federal Pensions are at risk – APWU will be hosting a Legislative webinar on Tuesday, May 13 at 7-8PM ET titled Protect Our Pensions: Fight Back Against Proposed Retirement Cuts to explain its devastating impacts and how we can combat...
Statement by APWU President Mark Dimondstein on the Selection of the Next Postmaster General
May 9, 2025
On May 9, 2025, the Postal Board of Governors announced the selection of David Steiner as the next Postmaster General. Steiner is now going through an internal vetting process and is expected to assume the position sometime in July.
COLA Increase
August 18, 2012
APWU members will receive a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) of $375 per year in September 2013, in accordance with the 2010-2015 Collective Bargaining Agreement.

Union Gears Up for National Convention
August 10, 2012
As the start of the APWU 20th Biennial Convention nears, preparations for the event have moved into high gear at the union’s national headquarters in Washington, DC. As of the first week in August, 2,041 delegates representing 331 locals have...
Arbitrator Rules on Protection Against Layoffs
August 10, 2012
Arbitrator Stephen B. Goldberg ruled on Aug. 1 that employees represented by the APWU who transfer to or are excessed into non-APWU crafts may not carry the protection against layoffs they have earned under the APWU Collective Bargaining Agreement...
APWU Nurses Extend Contract Talks
August 10, 2012
The APWU and USPS have agreed to extend negotiations on a collective bargaining agreement for postal nurses until Aug. 31.
House Passes Bill to Fire Tax-Delinquent Federal, Postal Workers
August 3, 2012
The House of Representatives passed a bill on July 31 that could cost federal and postal workers their jobs if they are behind in paying their federal taxes.