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News Article | July 10, 2025
APWU Members Ratify 2024-2027 National Agreement!
“Today, APWU members overwhelmingly voted in favor of ratifying the 2024-2027 National Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) between the APWU and the USPS,” announced APWU President Mark Dimondstein.
News Article | June 10, 2025
Join “APWU Live: Contract Townhall” on Wednesday June 11 at 7 p.m. EST
Join APWU President Mark Dimondstein and members of the National Negotiations Committee on Wednesday, June 11 at 7 p.m. EST for an update on the recent Tentative Agreement (TA) on the main 2024-2027 Collective Bargaining Agreement.
News Article | June 6, 2025
Big News!! APWU, USPS Reach Tentative Agreement on New Union Contract!
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: September 21, 2024, through September 20, 2027.
Postal Wire | October 1, 2024
Local postal workers rally for better contract
News Article | February 27, 2024
2024 Rank and File Bargaining Advisory Committee Appointed
With national contract negotiations set to begin on June 25, President Mark Dimondstein has announced the names of the APWU members who will serve on the Rank-and-File Bargaining Advisory Committee.
News Article | January 5, 2023
JCIM is Available: Order Yours Today!
The 2023 Joint Contract Interpretation Manual (JCIM), a resource for the administration of the 2021-2024 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), is now available for members! Members can order their JCIM for $10 from the APWU Store on the APWU website, or you can click here for an electronic copy.
News Article | September 16, 2022
Agreement Reached on the 2021-2024 Contract Period Workyear Designations List
On September 16, 2022, the APWU and the Postal Service reached agreement on the workyear designations list. Each time a new contract is established, the contract calls for a “workyear” designations to be established. Workyear designations are set by looking at the total number of paid hours (work an...
News Article | August 5, 2022
After Pressure, Management Sets Retroactive Pay Date!
Last week we announced the APWU was preparing collective actions in response to the unacceptable delay in retroactive payments won in the 2021-2024 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). Today, after concerted struggles with postal management, management has finally provided the union with firm date...
News Article | July 29, 2022
The Battle for Retroactive Pay is On!
This is an important update on our retroactive pay from the 2021-24 contract and a call to action on securing your hard-earned pay at the earliest possible date.
News Article | July 13, 2022
Q&A For Clerks on New Collective Bargaining Agreement
(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 career, maintain that right and benefit if they are...
News Article | June 24, 2022
The Official and Final Version of the 2021-2024 APWU-USPS Collective Bargaining Agreement Has Been Published
The official and final version of the 2021-2024 Collective Bargaining Agreement has been completed. The linked PDF is being made available for immediate use. The file is fully searchable and bookmarked. Files have been sent over to the printer and the printing has begun on the hard-copy version of...
News Article | June 21, 2022
Update on Management Implementation of Pay Provisions of the 2021-2024 National Agreement
On June 4, 2022, many of the pay provisions of the 2021-2024 National Agreement were scheduled to be implemented. Over the weekend it became apparent that an issue with the implementation had occurred when PSEs began reporting that the additional $0.50 was not included in their pay. Today, June 21,...
News Article | April 28, 2022
Implementation of CBA Moves Ahead
The implementation of the 2021-2024 Collective Bargaining Agreement is moving forward. With ratification of the agreement on February 28, the provisions of the agreement went into effect. The membership of the union has already seen the effect of some of those provisions. For example, work or pay gu...
News Article | March 24, 2022
What…did you not vote on the CBA?
By now the fate of the contract is decided. You either exercised the power of your membership or let it go to waste. If you voted, thanks, because for over 180 years postal workers had very little, if any, say in their employment. The Post Office Department was all powerful.
News Article | March 17, 2022
Implementation Dates for Pay Increases in New Contract Confirmed
On Wednesday, March 16, 2022, the Postal Service confirmed to the APWU important dates for implementation of the pay provisions of the 2021-2024 National Agreement. There were significant changes to the pay and leave provisions for this national agreement.