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News Article | May 13, 2015
What Are They Trying to Hide?
The Postal Service’s second quarter performance scores are in – but you wouldn’t know it from looking at their website. Instead of posting a press release bragging about on-time delivery scores – as management typically does – the results are tucked away at the bottom of the Postal Regulatory Commis...
Press Release | May 12, 2015
Postal Workers, Customers to Hold Nationwide Protests on May 14
New Reports Reveal Long Delays in Mail Delivery; Reduction in Service Standards and Closure of Mail Sorting Centers Are Hurting Consumers, Seniors, Small Businesses and Workers; Union Call for Expanded Hours, Postal Banking and New Services
News Article | May 8, 2015
APWU Members Fired Up for National Day of Action, May 14
APWU members across the country are fired up for the National Day of Action on May 14, just one week before the Collective Bargaining Agreement is set to expire. APWU President Mark Dimondstein gets a postcard signed outside a post office in Washington, DC. Click here for more. More than 100 locals...
News Article | May 8, 2015
Washington State Members Get Postcards Signed
Members of the Washington American Postal Workers Union took a break from a state conference to distribute “I Stand with Postal Workers” postcards outside the Wenatchee Post Office on May 7. Many customers filled out the postcards on the spot and some asked for more to give to friends. Jack Talcott,...
News Article | May 7, 2015
APWU President Gives Negotiation Update
APWU President Mark Dimondstein has presented a fourth update for union members on contract negotiations. The bargaining report is available to APWU members only. To read the summary, click here. For those who are new to the APWU website – or to the Members Only section – log-in instructions can be...
News Article | May 1, 2015
‘Stop Staples’ Campaign Gains Momentum
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The American Federation of School Administrators (AFSA) may be small in numbers, but its impact on the Don’t Buy Staples campaign could be huge. The 20,000 AFSA members select which companies their schoo...
News Article | May 1, 2015
Contract Negotiations: Union Members Say it with Stickers, Flyers and More
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Members of the San Jose Area Local distribute flyers outside a post office. Stickers and flyers and headbands, oh my! As contract negotiations continue, union members from East to West and North to South...
News Article | May 1, 2015
National Day of Action Set for Thursday, May 14
APWU members are turning up the heat with a National Day of Action on May 14 – just one week before the union’s Collective Bargaining Agreement is slated to expire. APWU members will hold events in cities and towns across the country, organized around the theme, “I Stand with Postal Workers.”
News Article | May 1, 2015
Our Most Important Member: YOU!
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Organizing is not just about signing up new members – it’s joining with current members to ensure common success. Our camaraderie and solidarity will also motivate non-members to join the union. Manageme...
News Article | May 1, 2015
The Road to a New Contract
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The road to contract negotiations has been a long one. The APWU began holding internal weekly meetings in August 2014; the current Collective Bargaining Agreement expires May 20, 2015. Since last summer,...
News Article | May 1, 2015
What We’re Fighting For
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Sisters and Brothers, I am proud that our activist union is engaged and organizing in many good battles, including to: Win a strong new contract; Stop the delay of America's mail and keep plants open; Co...
News Article | May 1, 2015
When Complement Managers Make Contact, Union Calls Foul
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) As this issue goes to press, there is no sign that management is stopping or postponing the Network Rationalization Plan and the quest to systemically dismantle the Postal Service. Back in 2011and 2012,...
News Article | April 20, 2015
As Contract Deadline Nears, Union Gears Up for Action
With the Collective Bargaining Agreement set to expire in one month, APWU negotiators – and members – are preparing to turn up the heat! "As we enter the final month of bargaining, it will soon become clear whether management is serious about reaching a negotiated settlement," said President Mark Di...
News Article | April 7, 2015
‘Your Post Office Gets Zero Tax Dollars’
On April 15, APWU members will greet last-minute tax filers at post offices around the country with a message many of them haven’t heard before: The Postal Service gets no money from taxpayers. “Tax day is a good time to inform the public – and the media – about this little-known fact,” said APWU P...
News Article | March 27, 2015
Union Members Say It With Stickers
From East to West and North to South, APWU members took a message to postal management and to postal customers on March 26. Click here for more photos. Send your photos to photos@apwu.org. San Jose Local members leaflet the San Jose Plant.