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17,000 AT&T Workers Strike Across Southeastern US
August 23, 2024
More than 17,000 AT&T workers across nine southeastern states walked off their jobs on Friday, Aug. 16, 2024. The workers, represented by Communications Workers of America (CWA), filed an unfair labor practice (ULP) charge against AT&T...
Statement from APWU President Mark Dimondstein on the Postal Service’s Proposal to Further Slow Mail Processing and Delivery
August 23, 2024
The American Postal Workers Union is deeply concerned regarding the August 22nd announcement from postal management, with the support of the Postal Board of Governors, that they are once again planning to slow down much of the country’s mail.
The...
IT/AS Tentative Agreement Extension Reached!
January 21, 2022
The American Postal Workers and the United States Postal Service have reached a Tentative Extension Agreement for the Information Technology/Accounting Service Collective Bargaining Agreement. The parties have agreed to accept a 22 month extension...
USPS/APWU Reach Final Remedy Settlement on Major Clerk Craft Jobs MOU National Dispute
January 14, 2022
Clerk Division Director Lamont Brooks signed a settlement agreement to resolve the outstanding issue of the remedy in Case # Q10C-4Q-C 15174956. This issue remained pending based on the decision of Arbitrator Goldberg’s April 21, 2017 arbitration...
The Gift That Keeps on Giving...
January 14, 2022
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2022 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
One of the greatest gifts ever given to postal workers was not one delivered by Santa. It is our right to collective bargaining over our wages,...
Biden Administration Taps USPS and Postal Workers for Distribution of COVID Test Kits
January 13, 2022
The Biden Administration has announced a program to mail at-home COVID test kits to every household that requests them. These kits could be mailed to as many as 160 million addresses. APWU members will be critical to the success of the program.
URGENT ACTION NEEDED: Protect Voting Rights
January 12, 2022
Voting rights of the people are under attack and federal legislation is urgently needed to protect them. In order to pass the Freedom to Vote Act and the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021, the filibuster rules must be changed. “We...