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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.
Second COLA = Record Breaking $1.18/hr
September 10, 2022
In accordance with the 2021-2024 Collective Bargaining Agreement (union contract), career employees represented by the APWU will receive a $1.18 per hour Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA), effective August 27, 2022.
The adjustment is the result of a...
Local Organizing – The Fund That Pays for Itself
September 10, 2022
As local and state officers bring their 2023 budgets to September and October meetings, it is important every local creates a budget for organizing.
This summer, in our Building Union Power organizing drive, we recruited 5,000 new members. But the...
Federal Domestic Violence Laws
September 10, 2022
The text in this article is from the U.S. Department of Justice Website
Federal Domestic Violence Laws
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been an alarming rise in domestic violence and intimate partner violence. In 1994, Congress passed the...
Union Democracy Sets the Agenda
September 10, 2022
We just completed our 26th Biennial National Convention, which was held in National Harbor, MD. The delegates engaged in meaningful and spirited debate over the resolutions put before them.
The APWU arguably has the most democratic process of any of...
Delegates Unite at National Convention
September 10, 2022
Congratulations on a spirited National Convention; our members were well represented and the delegates united for the good of the union. Another one for the history books! I would like to thank Nation’s Capital Southern Maryland Area Local, its...