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APWU Arbitration Award Secures Grievance Rights for Separated Non-Probationary Employees
July 17, 2025
The APWU has secured a major victory for the rights of non-probationary employees who are discharged without just cause from the Postal Service to file grievances on those discharges and have them heard in arbitration, Industrial Relations Director...
WATCH: APWU President Dimondstein on Ratification of 2024-2027 National Agreement
July 12, 2025
APWU President Mark Dimondstein Addresses the membership on the Ratification of the 2024-2027 National Agreement
National Negotiations, Grievance Settlements
May 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
At the interest arbitration hearing for a new contract in february, the Clerk Craft presented two panels of workers who explained their job...
PSEs’ Hardships and Indignities
May 1, 2016
Nations’ Capital/Southern Maryland Area Local President Dena Briscoe, Lakeram Singh, Donica Collie, President Mark Dimondstein, Richard Ogoh, and Jody Harper.
Nine Postal Support Employees presented emotional testimony on March 10 before a panel of...
Facing Repression, Salvadoran Workers Fight Privatization
May 1, 2016
Salvadoran workers carry a banner that says,
"Thanks to the Working Class"
in a 2013 May Day demonstration.
Faced with a relentless push to privatize their jobs, port and airport workers in El Salvador have been fighting back and building...
A Technological Advance: Bid Tracking System Helps Locals Protect Jobs
May 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
The industrial relations department launched the bid tracking System (BTS), which helps local unions ensure that jobs are filled, on March 9, 2016.
Members’ Bill of Rights Strengthens Our Union
May 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
Under federal law, every member of a labor organization must have an equal right to nominate candidates; vote in elections, and attend and participate...