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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.
Contracts Ratified
November 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the November-December 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
By Support Services Director Steve Brooks
The Support Services Division ratified two of its tentative agreements in August. First, the...
Labor Distribution Codes
November 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the November-December 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
By Maintenance Craft Directors
When we punch into work, the USPS time-keeping system tracks our workhours based on the operation we badge onto...
Sept. 1 and Where is the Work?
November 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the November-December 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
By Motor Vehicle Service Craft Directors
On August 18, 2016, Arbitrator Shyam Das ruled in case Q06C-4Q-C 11182451 that the Postal Service had...
Price Cap's Significant Impact on the Clerk Craft
November 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the November-December 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
By Clerk Craft Directors
Any day now, the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) will be making a decision on the postage price cap that will...
Single-Payer Health Care - Its Time Has Come
November 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the November-December 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
The following is an op-ed by President Mark Dimondstein that originally appeared in Cleveland's The Plain Dealer on Sept. 20.
Congress is back...