Search
collapse >>
Search for Articles
Contract Negotiations (Support Services)
July 30, 2024
The Support Services Division will participate in several different sets of contract negotiations throughout the summer and fall. Each round of negotiations is an opportunity to improve wages, benefits, and working conditions for our APWU sisters...
Focused on Negotiations
July 30, 2024
As this edition of The American Postal Worker arrives, the 2024 APWU/USPS Contract Negotiations will be underway. The Collective Bargaining Agreement expires Sept. 20, 2024, with the Opening Day of negotiations on June 25, 2024. We, as always, will...
What are the Requirements to Remain as a Chartered Local?
April 2, 2019
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
By Secretary-Treasurer Liz Powell
Under the provisions of Article 16.4 of the APWU Constitution, the Secretary-Treasurer’s Department must notify...
Power in the Mail and with the Vote
April 1, 2019
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
By Vice President Debby Szeredy
Power is in the vote. We need each and every one of our postal workers to register to vote in every state, city and...
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...