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News Article | June 8, 2018

APWU Meets With Federal Task Force Considering Changes to USPS

APWU met with the White House Task Force on the Postal Service on Tuesday, June 6 and presented a series of recommendations and supporting materials on how the USPS could improve services, become more financially stable, and continue to remain a treasured public institution offering universal servic...

News Article | June 8, 2018

APWU Tells the PMG

APWU members are turning out and showing up for the Tell the PMG Video Challenge. Members from Baltimore to Dallas to Salt Lake City have already submitted videos explaining the importance of the work they do, that they deserve a fair contract, and they will fight not only for themselves but future...

News Article | June 4, 2018

Tell the PMG!

Have you ever wanted to tell the Postmaster General a thing or two? Now you can.  ​ ​The APWU Contract Campaign is asking members to submit short videos to the union telling the story of the work you and other union members perform daily serving the publicand why you need a new – and fair contract!...

News Article | June 1, 2018

After Over 60 Dutiful Years, He’s Retiring at 89

David Celebrating 67 Years of Federal Service on May 31. When David Rodriguez first began at the U.S. Post Office Department in 1958, employees would show up and have to wait until work was available, resulting in 12- to 15-hour days with minimal pay. Not until 1963, with President Kennedy’s executi...

News Article | May 21, 2018

Remembering President Emeritus William Burrus

APWU National President Emeritus William Burrus passed away on Saturday, May 19, 2018 at the age of eighty-one. "We, as postal workers, including our families and our communities, have greatly benefited from his impassioned and determined life’s work and leadership."

News Article | May 11, 2018

President Dimondstein: “Let’s Deliver Mail, not Myths”

APWU President Mark Dimondstein busts myths and sets the record straight on the Postal Service, "a national treasure belonging to all the people of the United States." Click here to read the entire column as it appears in the Boston Globe.    

News Article | May 10, 2018

Power to the Workers – New Bill to Strengthen Unions

On Wednesday, May 9, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) introduced the Workplace Democracy Act, with Representative Mark Pocan (D-WI) introducing the companion bill in the House of Representatives.

News Article | May 10, 2018

Washington’s Latest Attempt to Slash our Pay & Benefits

“Such changes would mean thousands of dollars taken out of active workers’ paychecks and thousands more in reduced benefits for retirees,” said APWU Legislative and Political Director Judy Beard. Taken together, the proposals outlined by OPM would take a staggering $144 billion out of the pockets of...

News Article | May 2, 2018

Rank and File Bargaining Advisory Committee Convenes

Members of the APWU’s Rank and File Bargaining Advisory Committee held their first meeting in Washington, DC, on April 24. The committee advises the union’s National Negotiations Committee on bargaining demands and must approve any tentative agreement reached before it can be sent to APWU members fo...

News Article | May 2, 2018

Arizona and Colorado Workers Join the Fight for Quality Education

“We have classrooms where students sit on counter tops because there aren’t enough desks or seats in the room.”

News Article | May 1, 2018

Nation’s Capital Southern Maryland Area Local CAT Commemorates 1970 Postal Strike

(This article first appeared in the May-June 2018 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine)  NCSMAL members (L-R) Julio Mercedes, Derrick Williams, Gary Ledford and James Higginbotham The Nation’s Capital Southern Maryland Area Local’s (NCSMAL) CAT coordinated a commemorative day of action on Ma...

News Article | May 1, 2018

National Officers Attend AFGE Rally

This article first appeared in the May-June 2018 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine)   APWU Secretary-Treasurer Elizabeth Powell (center) speaks at an AFGE rally. Also pictured (L-R) is AFGE Bureau of Prisons Council President Eric Young, AFGE District 14 National Vice President Eric Bunn,...

News Article | May 1, 2018

Rising Up in West Virginia & Beyond!

(This article first appeared in the May-June 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  By President Mark Dimondstein  In late February, 37,000 West Virginia teachers and school employees went on an inspiring nine-day strike – and won! As we go to press, similar strikes are going on in Okla...

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