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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...

With Slow Progress, Contract Talks Continue

January 28, 2011
“Although progress in contract negotiations is slow, bargaining is ongoing,” APWU President Cliff Guffey reported on Jan. 28. Representatives of the Postal Service and the union are meeting almost daily, he added.

USPS Notifies Union of Bidding 'Outage'

January 27, 2011
The Postal Service has notified the APWU that posting and bidding will be disrupted while management upgrades the computerized bidding system, beginning at 12:01 p.m. CST on Friday, Jan. 28.

APWU Denounces Post Office Closure Plans

January 24, 2011
The union is “deeply disappointed” by the Postal Service’s announcement — via the Wall Street Journal  — that it plans to close as many as 2,000 post offices beginning in March, APWU President Cliff Guffey said Monday.

National Officers to Meet in February

January 21, 2011
APWU’s national officers will meet in Atlanta for several days in early February, as President Cliff Guffey seeks to move the organization in a new direction.

OSHA: DBCS Machines Pose Risk to Workers’ Health

January 14, 2011
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has hit the Postal Service with another unwelcome finding: Delivery Bar Code Sorter machines pose a direct risk to workers’ health, and there is a “general lack of understanding about the hazards and...

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