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Don't Let Management Take Your Pulse!
July 8, 2024
The APWU is urging union members to refrain from participating in the USPS management’s Postal Pulse survey. Negotiations for a new union contract began June 25, and any information you give them can be used in retaliation to hurt us during...
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...
President Dimondstein Talks with Ed Schultz About the Supreme Court Case Janus v AFSCME
February 26, 2018
"If the Supreme Court rules against the unions, it's not going to stop workers from needing and wanting and building unions."
First 2018 COLA Increase Announced
February 23, 2018
In accordance with the 2015-2018 Collective Bargaining Agreement, career employees represented by the APWU will receive a 25 cent per hour cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), effective March 3.
The increase is the result of a rise in the Consumer...
APWU Reaches Monetary Settlement with USPS on POStPlan Staffing Violations
February 23, 2018
On February 9, the Clerk Craft reached a $49.9 million dollar settlement with the USPS on POStPlan staffing violations. The monetary settlement follows a ruling by Arbitrator Stephen Goldberg that the Postal Service violated Arbitrator Goldberg’s...
President Dimondstein and Northeast Region Coordinator Dirzius Visit Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands
February 22, 2018
MVS Members and local officers of the Puerto Rico Area Local with President Dimondstein and Coordinator Dirzius.
President Mark Dimondstein and Northeast Region Coordinator John H. Dirzius recently visited Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands to talk...
White House Budget for 2019 Continues Attacks on Postal and Federal Workers
February 21, 2018
The White House introduced its proposed Fiscal Year 2019 budget to Congress last week. For postal and federal workers, this budget is largely a reintroduction of last year’s failed attacks on our pay and benefits, but takes them even further.