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APWU President Mark Dimondstein Responds to Trump's Truth Social Post
September 16, 2024
On September 15, former President Donald Trump said that the Postal Service could not be trusted to deliver election mail, an attack on the 650,000 dedicated public servants that make up the United States Postal Service.
President Mark Dimondstein Updates Members on APWU Contract Negotiations
September 10, 2024
Greetings APWU Family,
With our main Collective Bargaining Agreement expiring on September 20th, I wanted to give you a status report.
Veterans’ Deadline for Backdated PACT Act Toxic Exposure Claims is Aug. 9, 2023
August 2, 2023
In August 2022, President Joe Biden signed into law the bipartisan Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act. The Act expanded VA health care and benefits coverage to the many veterans who were exposed to toxic burn pits and other hazardous...
Our Labor History: War on the Waterfront; Save the Post Office National Day of Action; Newport News Shipyard Strike
July 24, 2023
For the July-August 2023 issue of the American Postal Worker, we take a look back on labor history during the War on the Waterfront, the Save the Post Office Day of Action, and the Newport News Shipyard Strike,
Human Relations Educational Assembly Educates, Engages, and Empowers
July 21, 2023
The Human Relations Department held its Educational Assembly in Baltimore, MD, June 13-15, meeting in person for the first time since 2017. Human Relations Director Daleo Freeman opened the conference with greetings and remarks, explaining the...
The Social Security Fairness Act
July 21, 2023
APWU members are continuing to advocate for the passage of the Social Security Fairness Act, H.R. 82 and S. 597.
LiteBlue Net-to-Bank, Direct Deposit Restored
July 19, 2023
Late last week the Postal Service shared with the APWU that LiteBlue was experiencing issues and that direct deposit and net to bank functionalities had been deactivated once again. The APWU was notified that these functions were reactivated on...