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Contract Negotiations Begin – APWU Negotiating Team Delivers Opening Day Remarks
June 27, 2024
On June 25, contract negotiations began for our next main collective bargaining agreement with the Postal Service. The current contract expires on Sept. 20. Both the union and postal management exchanged opening statements, outlining their...
APWU “Building Union Power” National Organizing Drive Blasts Past Goal, Recruits 8707 New Members
June 27, 2024
The Building Union Power national organizing drive concluded on June 25, and by end of day, hit 8707 new members!
1,400 Warehouse Workers and Drivers in New York Win Raise After Strike
January 29, 2021
On January 17, around 1,400 members of Teamsters Local 202 who work at Hunts Point Produce Market in The Bronx, NY went on strike after management refused to meet workers’ demands for desperately-needed pay raises and additional health care support...
COVID-19 and OWCP Claims Workshop
January 29, 2021
At the direction of President Mark Dimondstein and in conjunction with the Industrial Relations Department, the APWU will be holding an information session for state and local presidents, their approved designees, and national officers on COVID-19...
Building on Our Success
January 26, 2021
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
2020 was a tough year – on our health, our families and the economy. While the rich have ridden the pandemic to get even richer, unemployment,...
APWU Advocates for Prioritization of Postal Workers in National COVID-19 Vaccination Plan
January 22, 2021
On January 20, following the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th President of the United States, the APWU got to work pushing for the new administration to prioritize postal workers in its national COVID-19 vaccination policy. In a letter to the...
COVID-19 Vaccine Information
January 21, 2021
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound effect on all members of the APWU. Our families, our work, and essentially all aspects of our lives have...