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News Article | December 31, 2013

APWU Helps Usher in the End of Apartheid

Twenty years ago South Africa held its first free and fair election. Amid violent attacks by groups seeking to disrupt the historic vote, a delegation of APWU representatives traveled to South Africa to act as election observers.

News Article | December 30, 2013

United Parcel Service Christmas Debacle Shows Why We Need a Public Postal Service

The failure of United Parcel Service to deliver holiday packages by Christmas demonstrates the importance of the U.S. Postal Service to the people of the country, says APWU President Mark Dimondstein.

News Article | December 23, 2013

Tell the PRC About Delayed Mail

Businesses, customers and APWU members who have complaints about delayed mail should be sure to let the Postal Regulatory Commission know, says Debby Szeredy, the union’s executive vice president.

News Article | December 18, 2013

Dimondstein Appears on ‘The Ed Show’

APWU President Mark Dimondstein appeared on The Ed Show on MSNBC Dec. 18 to discuss the campaign to protect the USPS as a public service.

News Article | December 18, 2013

Using Postal Drivers Can Save Money, Secure Jobs

A recent test in Louisville KY shows that the USPS can save money and preserve postal jobs by combining truck routes currently run by contractors with routes run by Postal Vehicle Service employees, says Motor Vehicle Service Craft Director Michael O. Foster.

News Article | December 17, 2013

Senate Panel Postpones Consideration of Postal Bill

A Senate committee has postponed consideration of a controversial postal bill that was condemned by postal unions and others. Members of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs were scheduled to meet on Dec. 18 to act on S. 1486, which was introduced by Sen. Tom Carper (D-...

News Article | December 16, 2013

Look Who Dropped By!

Ralph Nader, the founder of the consumer-rights movement, met with APWU leaders at the union’s office in Washington DC on Dec.  12.

News Article | December 16, 2013

APWU Files Amended Complaint with PRC

The APWU filed an amended complaint with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) on Dec.13, alleging that the USPS is failing to comply with service standards on first-class mail and periodicals.

News Article | December 13, 2013

New Northeast Region Maintenance NBA

The APWU Maintenance Division Council has unanimously approved the appointment by Director Steve Raymer of Christopher Howe as Maintenance Craft National Business Agent for the Northeast Region. The appointment will be effective Jan. 1, 2014.

News Article | December 11, 2013

APWU Calls on PRC To Investigate Delayed Mail

APWU Executive Vice President Debby Szeredy called on the Postal Regulatory Commission to conduct an investigation into delayed mail at the agency’s public meeting on Dec. 11.

News Article | December 11, 2013

Future Postal, Federal Workers To Pay More for Retirement Benefits

A proposed budget deal announced late on Dec. 10 would require postal and federal workers hired after Dec. 31, 2013, to pay more toward their retirement benefits.

News Article | December 10, 2013

Budget Negotiators Threaten Postal, Federal Pay, Benefits

Congressional budget negotiators are engaged in closed-door deal-making that could reduce the take-home pay of postal workers and federal employees; reduce retirement benefits; eliminate postal jobs, and weaken the Postal Service, APWU leaders have learned.

News Article | December 9, 2013

In Memory: Rick Logan

Richard H. Logan, National Business Agent for the Maintenance Craft, passed away on Dec. 5. He was 59.

News Article | December 3, 2013

PRC Ruling: One More Week To Prove USPS is Violating Service Standards

In a ruling responding to a complaint filed by the APWU, the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) issued an order on Nov. 27 giving the APWU two weeks to submit additional evidence that the Postal Service is regularly violating its own mandatory service standards.

News Article | November 26, 2013

‘Lose a Life to Save a Dollar’

The APWU family is deeply saddened by the death of Tyson Barnette, the 26 year old Maryland Letter Carrier who was killed while delivering mail on Saturday, Nov. 22, well after dark.