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News Article | January 1, 2016
Stop Staples Campaign Marches On
Members of the New York Metro Area Local and supporters give Staples the thumbs down. (This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Thanks to members and allies across the country, the Stop Staples campaign is moving up and onward!
News Article | December 31, 2015
Paul Robeson: Internationally Acclaimed Performer, Champion of the People
Robeson signs autographs after a 1924 concert for naval workers. Photo courtesy of Robeson Family Trust and Marilyn Robeson (This article first appeared in the January-February issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Paul Robeson was an internationally acclaimed singer and actor, an outstandi...
News Article | December 31, 2015
APWU Members Show Up for CLUW Biannual Convention
News Article | December 24, 2015
Happy Holidays!
News Article | December 19, 2015
Bernie Sanders Campaign’s Access Restored!
"Thanks to an immediate and massive protest by fair-minded individuals and organizations against the heavy-handed, anti-democratic tactics of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), the Bernie Sanders campaign now has had full access restored to the critical DNC voter database! ... Congratulations...
Press Release | December 18, 2015
American Postal Workers Union Condemns DNC Attack on the Bernie Sanders Campaign
American Postal Workers Union Condemns DNC Attack on the Bernie Sanders Campaign
News Article | December 18, 2015
Congress Approves Spending Bill; Fails to Address Epidemic of Delayed Mail
Congress approved an appropriations bill on Dec. 18 to fund the government through 2016, but failed to include a measure that would have restored postal service standards to their pre-January 2015 levels.
News Article | December 18, 2015
Maintenance Division Files Suit to Enforce eWHEP Staffing Award
The APWU filed a complaint in federal court on Dec. 11 seeking enforcement of a national arbitration award on staffing at Bulk Mail Centers (BMC), Maintenance Craft Director Steve Raymer has announced. The complaint asks the court to direct the Postal Service to comply with a ruling issued by Arbitr...
News Article | December 17, 2015
‘Implement Postal Banking Now!’
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton,Rich Fiesta and Melanie Campbell present petitions to Deputy Postmaster General Ronald A. Stroman. Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) joined members of the Campaign for Postal Banking on Dec. 17 to make a special delivery to the biggest delivery organizat...
Press Release | December 17, 2015
Statement by APWU President on the Delivery of 150,000+ Signatures in Support of Postal Banking
Statement by APWU President on the Delivery of 150,000+ Signatures in Support of Postal Banking
News Article | December 15, 2015
$56 Million Payment Delayed
The Postal Service failed to complete processing of a $56 million payment to clerks in small offices in time for the holidays, the union has learned. Management blamed the delay on a computer glitch technicians encountered when they attempted to upload the payments, said APWU Assistant Clerk Craft...
News Article | December 10, 2015
San Jose Fifth Graders Stand with Postal Workers
These San Jose fifth graders Stand with Postal Workers! The San Jose Contract Action Team and Regional Coordinator Omar Gonzalez visited 120 fifth graders at Donald J. Meyer Elementary School on Dec. 4, where they talked about the importance of the post office and APWU’s efforts to expand and improv...
News Article | December 10, 2015
Contract Update
Our fight for a new Collective Bargaining Agreement has moved to a new phase, APWU President Mark Dimondstein reports. “We are taking the preliminary steps necessary to proceed to arbitration,” he said. The first step is to select a three-member arbitration panel, which will be comprised of a union-...
News Article | December 10, 2015
PSE Conversions Top 25,000!
The APWU reached a major milestone in November: More than 25,000 Postal Support Employees (PSEs) – including some from every craft – have been converted to career over the last two years. “This is a life-changing event for the workers who were converted and their families,” said APWU President Mark...
News Article | December 8, 2015
More Than 150,000 Have Signed Postal Banking Petition
More than 150,000 people have signed a petition launched by the Campaign for Postal Banking urging Postmaster General Megan Brennan to implement postal banking in post offices across the country. Organizers plan to deliver the petitions this month. Have you signed? If not, there’s still time. Click...