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News Article | August 31, 2017
Unions Improve the Lives of All Working People
Postal workers know first-hand that union jobs are good jobs. Unions help workers join together and bargain with their employer for better wages, benefits and working conditions. However, unions also stand up for the rights of workers who are not currently in a union. They are a rising tide that lif...
News Article | August 21, 2017
Gearing Up for the 2018 Contract Campaign
The APWU’s national headquarters is gearing up for the upcoming 2018 Contract Campaign. Members of the Central Arkansas Area Local rocked union gear during the 2015 Contract Campaign The current Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), also known as a union contract, between the APWU and the USPS ex...
News Article | August 10, 2017
Greater Seattle Area Local Hit the Streets – Again!
News Article | July 27, 2017
Locals Inform Public About Proposed Job and Service Cuts
This Postal Heritage Day, two APWU locals celebrated the USPS’ 242nd birthday by holding informational pickets informing the public about the proposed job cuts by USPS management through reversions, abolishments and excessing – further disrupting services to the public.
News Article | July 27, 2017
Update on the Fight Back Against USPS Reductions in Service and Jobs
Following strong resistance from the APWU – and the National Postal Mail Handlers Union (NPMHU) – USPS management agreed to a five-month delay in implementing forced reassignments and excessing of employees out of their installations.
News Article | July 20, 2017
Update on the Fight Back Against USPS Reductions in Service and Jobs
Following strong resistance from the APWU - and the National Postal Mail Handlers Union (NPMHU) - USPS management agreed to a five-month delay in implementing forced reassignments and excessing of employees out of their installations.
News Article | July 1, 2017
‘All for One and One for All!’
(This article first appeared in the July-August 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) By President Mark Dimondstein The Three Musketeers must have belonged to the “Musketeers Union” with their rallying cry “All for one and one for all!” That captures the essence of union solidarity. So...
News Article | July 1, 2017
AFL-CIO Young Workers Meet with Brazilian Union Leaders
(This article first appeared in the July-August 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) A delegation of young workers from the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) traveled to Sao Paulo, Brazil for five days in May for an educational exchange with Ce...
News Article | July 1, 2017
Building Our Future – A Challenge, A Priority
(This article first appeared in the July-August 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) By Northeast Regional Coordinator John Dirzius As a proud member of the American Postal Workers Union since its birth in 1971, I have witnessed first-hand our development and growth into one of the lar...
News Article | June 16, 2017
APWU Members Receive Jobs With Justice Award for Stop Staples Victory!
On June 13, APWU members received the 2017 Jobs With Justice Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award for the victorious Stop Staples campaign. The award honored the memberships’ successful efforts to save good union jobs and fight back against efforts to privatize retail postal services.
News Article | May 22, 2017
APWU Members Stand with CWA Strikers
APWU members from the Portland (Maine) Area Local stood in solidarity with striking CWA sisters and brothers at multiple AT&T picket lines throughout southern Maine.
News Article | May 20, 2017
APWU Stands in Solidarity with Striking AT&T Retail Workers
Across 36 states and the District of Columbia, 40,000 AT&T retail workers walked off the job on Friday, May 19, because a tentative agreement could not be reached between AT&T Mobility and the Communication Workers of America (CWA). The strike is slated to last 3 days. Visit http://unityatattmobilit...
News Article | May 19, 2017
APWU Stands with BCTGM as Workers rally at Nabisco/ Mondelēz Shareholder Meeting
Wednesday morning Nabisco workers from across the country joined together to rally at the site of the annual Mondelēz International shareholders meeting in Lincolnshire, IL. Workers were protesting the company’s continued outsourcing practices, which is hurting American workers and their families.
News Article | May 5, 2017
APWU Members March on May Day
APWU members were part of the thousands marching and rallying on May Day, the International Day of Workers’ Solidarity. Workers and allies united to fight back against increasing anti-immigration sentiment and policies that divide workers from each other at a time when we need to come together.
News Article | May 5, 2017
Miners Win Permanent Funding for Retirement Health Care
On May 4, Congress passed legislation providing for 22,600 retired coal miners, widows and dependents to have the health care they were promised by the federal government and earned through going into the mines for decades to power the country. The members of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA...