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News Article | March 1, 2016
A Good Contract for All
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) APWU members from all crafts have been busy with efforts to: raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour; stop the dirty deal between USPS and Staples; stop consolidations and closings of post offices and m...
News Article | March 1, 2016
A Good Contract for All
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) APWU members from all crafts have been busy with efforts to: raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour; stop the dirty deal between USPS and Staples; stop consolidations and closings of post offices and m...
News Article | March 1, 2016
Contract Arbitration Underway
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Arbitration hearings for a new APWU Collective Bargaining Agreement with the U.S. Postal Service began on Feb. 17, and are expected to last several months.
News Article | March 1, 2016
Contract Arbitration Underway
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Arbitration hearings for a new APWU Collective Bargaining Agreement with the U.S. Postal Service began on Feb. 17, and are expected to last several months.
News Article | February 29, 2016
Women Workers Defy Their Boss and Win a Union
New York Congresswoman Bella Abzug, right foreground, walks a picket line supporting striking Farah workers in Houston on Feb. 10, 1973. (This article first appeared in the March-April 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Factory boss Willie Farah said he’d rather be dead than see hi...
News Article | February 29, 2016
Women Workers Defy Their Boss and Win a Union
New York Congresswoman Bella Abzug, right foreground, walks a picket line supporting striking Farah workers in Houston on Feb. 10, 1973. (This article first appeared in the March-April 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Factory boss Willie Farah said he’d rather be dead than see hi...
News Article | February 25, 2016
NLRB Hearing on Staples Deal Finally Gets to the Heart of the Matter
Before the NLRB hearing got underway. A National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) hearing on charges that the Postal Service illegally subcontracted work to Staples resumed on Feb. 24 – after months of procedural wrangling – and finally got to the substance of the dispute.
News Article | February 25, 2016
NLRB Hearing on Staples Deal Finally Gets to the Heart of the Matter
Before the NLRB hearing got underway. A National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) hearing on charges that the Postal Service illegally subcontracted work to Staples resumed on Feb. 24 – after months of procedural wrangling – and finally got to the substance of the dispute.
News Article | February 17, 2016
Dimondstein: ‘Postal Workers Earn the Right to Be Justly Compensated for Our Service and Hard Work’
On the opening day of arbitration for a new contract, APWU President Mark Dimondstein stated the union’s case in an impassioned presentation to the arbitration panel. The text is below. “The interests of the 200,000 postal workers represented by the American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO, are conta...
News Article | February 17, 2016
Dimondstein: ‘Postal Workers Earn the Right to Be Justly Compensated for Our Service and Hard Work’
On the opening day of arbitration for a new contract, APWU President Mark Dimondstein stated the union’s case in an impassioned presentation to the arbitration panel. The text is below. “The interests of the 200,000 postal workers represented by the American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO, are conta...
News Article | February 15, 2016
Last-Minute Preparations Underway for Contract Arbitration
With arbitration for a new contract set to begin on Wednesday, Feb. 17, the union’s negotiating team, attorneys, economists, workers and other experts are busy making last-minute preparations. “We’ve worked many long hours preparing to testify and present a strong case,” said APWU President Mark Dim...
News Article | February 15, 2016
Last-Minute Preparations Underway for Contract Arbitration
With arbitration for a new contract set to begin on Wednesday, Feb. 17, the union’s negotiating team, attorneys, economists, workers and other experts are busy making last-minute preparations. “We’ve worked many long hours preparing to testify and present a strong case,” said APWU President Mark Dim...
News Article | February 1, 2016
An Action-Packed Year
Members of the Dallas [TX] Area Local at the May 14 National Day of Action. (This article first appeared in the March-April 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Frederick Douglas, the renowned anti-slavery leader, declared, “Without struggle there can be no progress.” Certainly during...
News Article | February 1, 2016
An Action-Packed Year
Members of the Dallas [TX] Area Local at the May 14 National Day of Action. (This article first appeared in the March-April 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Frederick Douglas, the renowned anti-slavery leader, declared, “Without struggle there can be no progress.” Certainly during...
News Article | January 22, 2016