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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!
Postmaster General to Retire, Postal Board of Governors to Appoint Successor
November 19, 2019
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
Arbitration Hearings and Testimony Conclude
November 18, 2019
The American Postal Workers Union and United States Postal Service management conducted a final three-day session of interest arbitration Nov. 13-15. The week’s proceedings saw the conclusion of evidence submission and witness testimony in the...
Message from the President: Final Arbitration Hearings
November 15, 2019
President Dimondstein's fifth update on the interest arbitration hearings for our new union contract. We just completed three more days of hearings which ended November 15th. The hearings are now completed and the panel will begin their...
Interest Arbitration: APWU Presents Final Witness Testimony With Clerk and Custodial Evidence
November 14, 2019
Today at Interest Arbitration, APWU presented evidence from the Clerk and Maintenance Craft Divisions.
Interest Arbitration: APWU rebuts management’s economics and MVS proposals
November 13, 2019
Today at Interest Arbitration, the APWU rebutted some of management’s economic arguments, including their controversial claim that postal workers are overpaid for the skills they employ. We also responded the management’s regressive proposals for...