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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.

An Update on the Social Security Fairness Act

September 6, 2024
Time is running out to get the Social Security Fairness Act (HR 82) passed. We are asking every APWU member to call Monday, September 9th and demand our representatives sign the discharge petition (HR 1410).

Bonding and Tax Issues for Local Unions

July 13, 2022
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2022 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Effective July 1, 2022, local affiliates have a new three (3) year term of bond coverage, which will expire June 30, 2025. National APWU provides...

What Is There To Hide?

July 13, 2022
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2022 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) In May 2022, the USPS Atlantic and Southern Area notified the Regional Union Leadership and the Management Associations that Postal Service HQ was...

Moral March Unites Labor & Civil Rights Movements

July 13, 2022
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2022 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) On June 18th, just before the Juneteenth holiday, The Poor People’s Campaign held the “Mass Poor People’s and Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly and Moral...

Q&A For Clerks on New Collective Bargaining Agreement

July 13, 2022
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2022 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) 1. Question: Does a Postal Support Employee (PSE) hired in an Administrative Post Office (APO), that allows for the 24-month automatic conversion to...

National Staffing Advocate Training: DC

July 13, 2022
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2022 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Washington DC: In an effort to continue providing local and state unions with maintenance craft staffing assistance, the APWU once again held formal...

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