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Big News!! APWU, USPS Reach Tentative Agreement on New Union Contract!
June 6, 2025
The American Postal Workers Union and the U.S. Postal Service have reached a tentative Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), announced APWU President and Lead Negotiator Mark Dimondstein. The proposed union contract is three years in duration:...
House Passes Bill to Eliminate the FERS Supplemental “Bridge” Payment
May 22, 2025
The House just passed H.R. 1, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which eliminates the FERS supplemental bridge payment and funnels $4.5 trillion in tax cuts to the ultra-wealthy. Our fight now moves to the Senate.
Interest Arbitration Update: Management Believes Clerks Too Well Paid
October 21, 2019
In today’s Interest Arbitration session, USPS Management presented evidence on wages and benefits.
In the morning session, their main witness characterized USPS postal clerks as under-skilled and over-paid as they sought to justify their demands to...
Message from the President - Latest Interest Arbitration Update
October 18, 2019
President Dimondstein's interest arbitration update on the Postal Service's witness hearings.
APWU National Officer Election Results Certified
October 17, 2019
The official results of the APWU Election of National Officers have been tabulated and were certified by the American Arbitration Association on Oct. 12. A summary will be published in the November-December issue of The American Postal Worker. The...
House Representative Elijah Cummings, Champion for Postal Workers, Dies at 68
October 17, 2019
The American Postal Workers Union joins the country in mourning the death of Representative Elijah Cummings (D-MD-7), chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. The Oversight and Government Reform Committee is the main...
Statement by APWU President Mark Dimondstein on Retirement of Postmaster General Megan Brennan
October 16, 2019
[Washington, DC] American Postal Workers union (APWU) National President Mark Dimondstein issued the following statement today:
“Postmaster General Megan Brennan has announced her retirement effective January 31, 2020.