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APWU Launches National Ad; Warns of Price Hikes, Post Office Closures in Anti-Privatization Campaign
July 21, 2025
This week the American Postal workers Union (APWU) launched a national advertising campaign on to alert the public about proposed plans to privatize the public postal service. The ad called “Memo” highlights a document sent by Wells Fargo Equity...
APWU Arbitration Award Secures Grievance Rights for Separated Non-Probationary Employees
July 17, 2025
The APWU has secured a major victory for the rights of non-probationary employees who are discharged without just cause from the Postal Service to file grievances on those discharges and have them heard in arbitration, Industrial Relations Director...
National Negotiations, Grievance Settlements
May 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
At the interest arbitration hearing for a new contract in february, the Clerk Craft presented two panels of workers who explained their job...
Addressing Veterans' Unemployment
May 1, 2016
Left Center Sue Carney, APWU Human Relations Director;
Center Michael Michaud, Assistant Secretary DOL VETS,
Center right, Will Fischer, Executive Director,
Union Veterans Council, AFL-CIO
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of ...
PSEs’ Hardships and Indignities
May 1, 2016
Nations’ Capital/Southern Maryland Area Local President Dena Briscoe, Lakeram Singh, Donica Collie, President Mark Dimondstein, Richard Ogoh, and Jody Harper.
Nine Postal Support Employees presented emotional testimony on March 10 before a panel of...
Facing Repression, Salvadoran Workers Fight Privatization
May 1, 2016
Salvadoran workers carry a banner that says,
"Thanks to the Working Class"
in a 2013 May Day demonstration.
Faced with a relentless push to privatize their jobs, port and airport workers in El Salvador have been fighting back and building...
A Technological Advance: Bid Tracking System Helps Locals Protect Jobs
May 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
The industrial relations department launched the bid tracking System (BTS), which helps local unions ensure that jobs are filled, on March 9, 2016.