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APWU Members Loud and Proud for Oct. 1 National Day of Action

October 8, 2024
Thousands of dedicated postal workers took to the streets for our “October 1 National Day of Action” to let the public know just how well we can move the mail when given the proper tools.

APWU President Mark Dimondstein Appears on PBS News Hour

October 2, 2024
  Postal workers are warning of what they call 'substandard performance' by the U.S. Postal Service. The American Postal Workers Union is calling for the public’s help in demanding improved staffing, better customer service and more opportunity for...

IT-AS Members Ratify New Contract

August 12, 2014
APWU members in the IT-Accounting Services Centers (AS) ratified a new Collective Bargaining Agreement by a vote of 592 to 38 in voting that ended Aug. 7, Support Services Director Steve Brooks has announced. The new agreement, which covers...

Don’t Buy School Supplies at Staples

August 11, 2014
As the back-to-school season moves into high gear, the APWU is ramping up its ‘Don’t Buy Staples’ campaign, with online ads directed at educators and parents. The ads ask them to buy school supplies elsewhere. The APWU has also developed a flyer for...

It’s Making Money from Operations

August 11, 2014
USPS management is doing its best to keep the good news quiet, but facts are facts. According to reports released by the USPS on Aug. 11, as of June 30, three-quarters of the way through Fiscal Year 2014: Operating income was up by about $1 billion...

Ask Senators: Stop Service Cuts and Plant Closures

August 11, 2014
The work of APWU members and supporters across the country is paying off: Fifty senators have agreed to co-sign a letter to the leaders of the Senate Appropriations Committee urging them to stop devastating cuts to America’s postal network.  To...

Maintenance Wins Significant Award

August 7, 2014
The APWU won an important arbitration award on August 06, when Arbitrator Shyam Das ruled that the Postal Service may not detail a maintenance craft employee to perform higher level work in a different occupational group to avoid paying overtime to...

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