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News Article | July 1, 2015
Ralph Nader Dedicates Book to Postal Workers
(This article first appeared in the July-August 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Consumer advocate Ralph Nader’s most recent book honors postal workers. Return to Sender: Unanswered Letters to the President, 2001-2015, which champions the importance of letter writing, is dedicated...
News Article | June 30, 2015
House Panel Approves Amendment To Restore Postal Service Standards
The vote by a House Committee on June 17 approving an amendment that would restore postal service standards “is a big step forward for postal workers and our customers,” said APWU President Mark Dimondstein. “If enacted, it will mean that management must restore overnight mail delivery within citie...
News Article | June 29, 2015
APWU Takes PRC to Court Over Refusal to Enforce Service Standards
The APWU has taken the Postal Regulatory Commission to court, challenging the commission’s decision to dismiss its complaint that the Postal Service is failing to meet service standards. The union filed the Petition for Review on May 29 in the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals and submit...
News Article | June 29, 2015
APWU Participates in Rally for Voting Rights
Arrion Brown, Nations Capital Southern Maryland Area Local, and Courtney Jenkins, Baltimore Francis Stu Filbey Area Local, gearing up to fight for Voting Rights. Two young union activists, Courtney Jenkins and Arrion Brown, represented the national APWU at a voting rights rally in Roanoke, VA, on J...
News Article | June 26, 2015
Supreme Court Upholds Federal Insurance Exchange, Benefiting Early Retirees and Older Workers
In a 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Thursday in the case of King v. Burwell that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) allows residents of states using the federal insurance exchange to receive premium subsidies for their coverage — an outcome that preserves subsidies for 6.4 million people....
News Article | June 26, 2015
APWU Reaches Tentative Agreement for Private-Sector Drivers
The APWU and the Mail Contractors of America (MCA) have reached a tentative contract agreement for private-sector drivers in terminals in Des Moines and Kansas City. Union members at those terminals will have the opportunity to vote to ratify or reject the agreement. “The terms of the agreement will...
News Article | June 26, 2015
Members Show Off Their Union Threads
Members of the San Jose Area Local Contract Action Team show off their union threads on June 14. Remember to wear your union gear every Thursday! For more photos, click here.
News Article | June 25, 2015
Staples Owes Maryland $14.3M in Back Taxes
Need another reason to be crabby with Staples? According to a May 28 ruling, the office supply chain owes the state of Maryland $14.3 million in back taxes.
News Article | June 24, 2015
Stop Staples Stands Strong!
The Stop Staples campaign is standing strong! Supporters paid a visit to Staples headquarters in Framingham, MA, earlier this month.
News Article | June 23, 2015
Members Sport Union Gear
In mid-June, members of the New York Metro Area Local working at the Times Square Station proudly displayed Good Service! Good Jobs! Contract Now! buttons. Wear union gear every Thursday! For more photos, click here.
News Article | June 23, 2015
USPS Seeks to Derail Efforts to Restore Service Standards
The Postal Service has signaled it will try to derail a measure approved by the House Appropriations Committee on June 17 to restore postal service standards to the levels that were in place on July 1, 2012. The committee’s vote would rescind the lower service standards the USPS implemented on Jan....
News Article | June 22, 2015
OPM Announces Second Major Security Breach
The recent announcement by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) of a second major breach of data on “current and former employees of the federal government whose records OPM manages” could affect many APWU members, said Retirees Department Director Judy Beard. “OPM manages the records of postal...
News Article | June 21, 2015
e-Team Report, June 21, 2015
Call Before Tuesday! Tell Your Senators to Stop ‘Fast Tracking’ a Bad Trade Deal Like the Zombie apocalypse, legislation that would “fast track” a bad trade deal has risen from the dead. Workers, environmentalists and other progressives thwarted passage of the package on June 12, when the House vote...
News Article | June 19, 2015
Tell Your Senators to Stop ‘Fast Tracking’ a Bad Trade Deal
Like the Zombie apocalypse, legislation that would “fast track” a bad trade deal has risen from the dead. Workers, environmentalists and other progressives thwarted passage of the package on June 12, when the House voted against a companion bill that was essential to passage of the trade deal. But t...
News Article | June 19, 2015
In a Setback for America’s Retirees, Fast Track Passes U.S. House
More than 70 delegates from more than 20 affiliated organizations attended the Biennial NCARA Convention on Tuesday in Raleigh, North Carolina. Mr. Fiesta, state Attorney General Roy B. Cooper and North Carolina AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer MaryBe McMillan were among those who spoke. At the conventio...