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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...

Solidarity Works! United Worker Actions Mean We Prevail

April 1, 2019
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  Working people across the country continue to build on past organizing successes to beat back government actions that threaten our jobs and our...

Solidarity

April 1, 2019
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  By President Mark Dimondstein  Our labor anthem is “Solidarity Forever.” I sign letters “in union solidarity.” But what is solidarity? The dictionary...

Postal Employees and Retirees See Threats to Pay and Benefits in White House Budget

March 29, 2019
The White House released its plans for the fiscal year 2020 budget this month. It once again attacks workers, calling for deep cuts to salaries, retirement and health benefits. It also echoes parts of the Postal Task Force December 2018 report that...

The Great Mail Strike - March 18-25, 1970

March 25, 2019
Today, we remember when, in 1970, postal workers hit the streets and won the right to collectively bargain for wages and benefits. #1U  

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