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News Article | April 23, 2014
APWU Nurses Approve Contract
In a unanimous vote of 33-0, members of the National Postal Professional Nurses-APWU approved a Tentative Collective Bargaining Agreement with the USPS on April 23. Forty-three ballots were mailed.
News Article | April 22, 2014
Questions & Answers On Filling Residual Vacancies
The APWU and USPS have agreed to two sets of Questions & Answers regarding the March 20 agreement on Filling Residual Vacancies [PDF], one for the Clerk Craft [PDF] and another for Maintenance Craft [PDF].
News Article | April 22, 2014
Monday, April 28, Is Workers Memorial Day
Every year on April 28, the APWU and other unions observe Workers Memorial Day to remember those who have suffered and died on the job — and to renew our commitment to safer workplaces.
News Article | April 21, 2014
USPS Scheme Overturned
An outrageous management ploy was overturned on April 16, when an arbitrator ruled that the USPS violated the contract when it retroactively changed the passing score on promotion eligibility exams in the summer of 2009, Maintenance Craft Director Steve Raymer has announced.
News Article | April 18, 2014
Dimondstein to Appear on Craig Melvin Show on Saturday
APWU President Mark Dimondstein will appear on the Craig Melvin show on MSNBC on Saturday, April 19, at 3 p.m. EDT, where he will discuss the campaign to Stop Staples and the National Day of Action on April 24.
News Article | April 17, 2014
Dimondstein Sets the Record Straight on the Ed Show
APWU President Mark Dimondstein told viewers of the Ed Show on MSNBC last night that the Postal Service’s internal “smoking gun” document [PDF] shows that the deal with Staples was hatched to lower wages.
News Article | April 16, 2014
Union Members Gear Up For April 24 Day of Action
News Article | April 16, 2014
Dimondstein on the ‘Ed Show’ On MSNBC This Evening
News Article | April 16, 2014
Postal Unions Write to House Committee Leaders
The presidents of the four postal unions have written to leaders of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee expressing opposition to White House 2015 budget proposals regarding the Postal Service. In the letter [PDF], the presidents noted that Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) indic...
News Article | April 15, 2014
Video Highlights Chicago APWU Members ‘Stop Staples’ Protest
A three-minute APWU video highlights the union’s April 5 demonstration at a Staples store near Chicago to protest a no-bid deal between the company and the U.S. Postal Service that staffs “postal” counters in Staples stores with non-postal employees.
News Article | April 15, 2014
From New York to California, APWU Saying ‘No’ to Staples
Gearing up for the April 24 National Day of Action, APWU state and local organizations held demonstrations at Staples stores in several states in recent days. Across the country, union members were protesting the sweetheart deal between the USPS and Staples that set up postal “counters” in the offic...
News Article | April 14, 2014
APWU to Hold ‘Telephone Town Hall’ Meetings To Discuss Campaign to Stop Staples
News Article | April 10, 2014
How APWU Activists Are Building a Movement
Dozens of locals, state organizations and retiree chapters are preparing for the April 24 National Day of Action to protest the Postal Service’s sweetheart deal with Staples, which puts “postal” counters in the office supply stores — and staffs them with low-wage Staples employees.
News Article | April 9, 2014
Barbara Jean Prothro
Barbara Jean Prothro, a former National Business Agent for the Special Delivery Messenger Division, died March 30. She was 78.
News Article | April 9, 2014
USPS Needs Real Reform – Not More Austerity
The Postal Service needs real reform — not the austerity proposed by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) and the White House, APWU President Mark Dimondstein said after an April 8 hearing by a House committee. The hearing of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, which Rep. Issa chairs, focused on Whit...