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News Article | June 12, 2015

A Temporary Victory for Seniors, Bad Trade Deal Fails to Advance in House

The U.S. House of Representatives failed to advance a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Fast Track authority legislative package on Friday, handing retirees a temporary victory by a vote of 126-302. President Barack Obama's bid for fast-track trade authority had narrowly cleared a procedural hurdle on...

News Article | June 11, 2015

Postal Unions Oppose Fast Track

In a joint letter to members of the House of Representatives, the presidents of the National Association of Letter Carriers, the National Postal Mail Handlers Union and APWU expressed opposition to the “Fast Track” trade bill pending before the Congress. Voting on the measure is expected to take pla...

News Article | June 10, 2015

Contract Mediation Gets Underway

Representatives of the APWU and USPS held an introductory meeting with officials of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) on June 9 to begin mediation on a new collective bargaining agreement. APWU President Mark Dimondstein, Industrial Relations Director Tony McKinnon and staff met...

News Article | June 9, 2015

Postal Unions Ask President To Designate July 26 ‘Postal Heritage Day’

The four postal unions have asked the White House to issue a Presidential Proclamation designating July 26, the agency’s 240th birthday, “Postal Heritage Day.” The Postal Service was established on July 26, 1775, when an act of the Second Continental Congress created the United States Post Office De...

News Article | June 8, 2015

Postal Retirees May be Affected by OPM Data Breach

Postal retirees may be among those affected by a breach in the computer system of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Retirees Department Director Judy Beard reports. OPM announced June 4 that the records of 4 million current and former federal employees were compromised in a cyber attack the...

News Article | June 5, 2015

Medicare Turns 50: A Special New Website Marks a Half-Century of Health Care for Seniors

The Alliance is pleased to launch www.medicare50th.org. Click on the link to read the personal stories of what Medicare has meant to several Alliance members personally since its inception, and how much it has changed their lives. As we approach the July 30 anniversary we will add new features and d...

News Article | June 5, 2015

Assistance for Union Plus Program Participants Impacted by Texas and Oklahoma Storms

Union members living in areas impacted by the recent severe storms and widespread flooding in Texas and Oklahoma, and who participate in Union Plus programs may be eligible for financial assistance.  More than 20 people were killed as a result of the storms and in the Houston area alone more than 4,...

News Article | June 3, 2015

Wear APWU Shirts, Buttons, Caps and Gear

As the union prepare for mediation on a new collective bargaining agreement the role of rank-and-file members remains critical, APWU President Mark Dimondstein says.  “Your continued involvement can make a difference as we move to mediation and possibly to arbitration,” he said. “I urge every member...

News Article | June 3, 2015

Kenny Wilson

Kenneth D. Wilson, former APWU Clerk Craft Director, passed away on June 1. He was 82.

News Article | June 2, 2015

The People Demand: Show Us The Text!

APWU Member Arrion Brown being barred from  reviewing the text of TPP Trade Deal. If you want to know what’s in the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade bill, you can go to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and read it for yourself.  That’s what the Obama administration said about the tra...

News Article | June 2, 2015

Getting Ready for 2015 All-Craft Conference

Plans are underway for the All-Craft Conference, which will be held in Las Vegas, Oct. 12-14, 2015. For more information about the event and to register, click here. In accordance with the APWU Constitution and Bylaws, resolutions adopted by locals and/or state organizations will be considered by de...

News Article | June 2, 2015

APWU, Sister Postal Unions Win Right to Bargain Over Cyber Intrusions

In a precedent-setting agreement approved by the National Labor Relations Board, the APWU and its sister postal unions won the right to bargain with the Postal Service over a massive data security breach that took place in 2014. The historic May 19 settlement marks a win for unions in a new area of...

News Article | June 1, 2015

Data Posted on Postmasters, Supervisors Performing Craft Work

A key feature of the Global Settlement Remedy Agreement, which was signed on Dec. 5, 2014, were provisions making it easier for union representatives to monitor when postmasters and supervisors perform bargaining unit work in excess of the hours allowed under the Collective Bargaining Agreement.  Th...

News Article | June 1, 2015

Hocking Our Heritage – At a Discount

Murals depicting our nation's heritage grace the lobbies of many post offices. Here is Stagecouch, Overland Express and Riverboat Carrying U.S. Mail, by Valdimir Rousseff, which has been displayed in the Reedly, CA, Main Post Office since 1935.  (This article first appeared in the July-August 2015 i...

News Article | June 1, 2015

Fight for 15 Pushes On

George Askew, president of APWU Local 181, along with workers at McKeldin Square. (This article first appeared in the July-August 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) On April 15, hundreds of thousands of workers in 200 cities joined together to make their demands heard: Raise the min...