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USPS Board of Governors Elects New Leadership
January 16, 2025
The USPS Board of Governors elected governor Amber F. McReyolds as a new board chair at its fourth and final meeting of 2024, Now three vacancies exist upon the expiration of Anton Hajjar's term on December 8.
Project 2025 Seeks to Undermine Public Services with Schedule F
January 16, 2025
The reinstatement of Trump’s 2020 “Schedule F” Executive Order may be on the horizon with Project 2025, reclassifying many civil servants into at-will employees without job protection. Organized labor must stand together and prepare to fight back:
Postal Unions Object to Administration Proposal to Reduce Compensation to Injured Workers
June 16, 2015
In a June 15 letter, the presidents of the four postal unions asked the Department of Labor (DOL) and the White House to withdraw a proposal that would reduce compensation benefits to injured workers and urged the administration instead to work with...
Contract Mediation Gets Underway
June 12, 2015
Representatives of the APWU and USPS met with officials of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) on June 9 to begin mediation on a new collective bargaining agreement.
APWU President Mark Dimondstein, Industrial Relations Director...
House Rejects Bad Trade Deal
June 12, 2015
Workers, environmentalists and other progressives won a major victory on June 12 when a bipartisan coalition of House members torpedoed a trade bill backed by the White House.
The labor movement and others mounted a major campaign to defeat “fast...
A Temporary Victory for Seniors, Bad Trade Deal Fails to Advance in House
June 12, 2015
The U.S. House of Representatives failed to advance a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Fast Track authority legislative package on Friday, handing retirees a temporary victory by a vote of 126-302. President Barack Obama's bid for fast-track trade...
Postal Unions Oppose Fast Track
June 11, 2015
In a joint letter to members of the House of Representatives, the presidents of the National Association of Letter Carriers, the National Postal Mail Handlers Union and APWU expressed opposition to the “Fast Track” trade bill pending before the...