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Big News!! APWU, USPS Reach Tentative Agreement on New Union Contract!
June 6, 2025
The American Postal Workers Union and the U.S. Postal Service have reached a tentative Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), announced APWU President and Lead Negotiator Mark Dimondstein. The proposed union contract is three years in duration:...
House Passes Bill to Eliminate the FERS Supplemental “Bridge” Payment
May 22, 2025
The House just passed H.R. 1, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which eliminates the FERS supplemental bridge payment and funnels $4.5 trillion in tax cuts to the ultra-wealthy. Our fight now moves to the Senate.
Door-to-Door Success in Canada
May 1, 2016
Canadian postal workers and allies protest
cuts in door-to-door mail delivery service.
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
Communities across Canada are facing cutbacks in mail service,...
Postal Banking: The Antidote to Abusive Lending
May 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
One of the big topics in this year’s presidential election is the influence of Wall Street on our economy – from too much power in the hands of the big...
Supreme Court Shake Up
May 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
The changing composition of the U.S. Supreme Court will have a broad impact on postal workers and the labor movement as a whole.
A Criminal Gets Off Easy
May 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
You may have heard recently of the conviction of a criminal named Don Blankenship. He was sentenced to one year in prison.
I am one who believes our...
Contract Arbitration Gets Underway
May 1, 2016
Mark Barrett, Heather Stewart and Georgena Walker.
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
Interest arbitration hearings for our new contract got underway in February and continued in March...