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News Article | November 1, 2015
Fighting On for A Good Contract
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) This year, we have dedicated ourselves to negotiating a successor to the 2010 Collective Bargaining Agreement, which expired in May. The Feb. 19 opening session demonstrated our approach to this...
News Article | November 1, 2015
Health & Safety Campaign Takes Off
One of the broken outlets found at the New Mexico facilty. Photo courtesy of OIG (This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Declaring that “there are far too many serious safety problems at post offices and facilities,” APWU President Ma...
News Article | November 1, 2015
Historic First Meeting with Postmaster General
From left: John Hatton, National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association; Eva Dominguez, Alliance for Retired Americans; Melanie Campbell, National Coalition on Black Civic Participation/Black Women’s Roundtable; Postmaster General Megan Brennan; Rev. Steven D. Martin, National Council of C...
News Article | November 1, 2015
Lessons of a $56 Million Settlement
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) At the end of the summer, the clerk division announced the criteria for distributing the $56 million monetary portion of the settlement that resolved a decades-long dispute over postmasters and...
News Article | November 1, 2015
Making Sure America Unites to Save Our Public Postal Service
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) How can we make sure America unites with us to stop the destruction of the public Postal Service? We need to make support for the people’s Postal Service an issue in the presidential race. We wa...
News Article | November 1, 2015
Making Sure America Unites to Save Our Public Postal Service
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) How can we make sure America unites with us to stop the destruction of the public Postal Service? We need to make support for the people’s Postal Service an issue in the presidential race. We wa...
News Article | November 1, 2015
Management’s New BEM Motto: Run to Failure!
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The Postal Service has notified the APWU of management’s intent to move forward with proposed changes to the MS-1 Handbook, which identifies the duties and establishes the staffing for the “buil...
News Article | November 1, 2015
Meeting the Training Challenge
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The APWU has 875 chartered local and state unions in the U.S., Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and Guam, and each one of them has officers who are elected to be custodians of the union’s funds....
News Article | November 1, 2015
Members Speak Out During ‘Town Hall’ Tour
Dimondstein chats with a member on the workfloor of the Orlando Processing & Distribution Center. (This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) I am a firm believer that union leaders need to stay in touch and find many ways to listen to me...
News Article | November 1, 2015
Members Speak Out During ‘Town Hall’ Tour
Dimondstein chats with a member on the workfloor of the Orlando Processing & Distribution Center. (This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) I am a firm believer that union leaders need to stay in touch and find many ways to listen to me...
News Article | November 1, 2015
OIG Recommends Putting a Hold on Plant Closures
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) APWU predictions that lower service standards would wreak havoc on mail delivery were substantiated in a “Management Alert” issued by the USPS Office of Inspector General (OIG) on Aug. 13.
News Article | November 1, 2015
Rallying to Restore Voting Rights Act
The APWU had a strong showing at the rally to restore the Voting Rights Act. (This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The APWU joined the NAACP, Democracy Initiative, and other labor and activist groups in Upper Senate Park on Sept. 16...
News Article | November 1, 2015
Spreading the Word on the Street
Des Moines Area Local steward Julie Kestel with daughter Mackenzie on a float in the city’s Labor Day Parade. (This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) APWU members have been out and about, spreading the message at parades, picnics, an...
News Article | November 1, 2015
Standing Up, Fighting Back: A Job Well Done
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) With a great sense of pride, I take this opportunity to recognize the hard work and dedication of our local and state leaders and National Business Agents in the Northeast Region. Their continui...
News Article | November 1, 2015
Stop Staples Campaign Forges Ahead
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Philadelphia City Commissioner Stephanie Singer joined Stop Staples protesters in front of the 1500 Chestnut St. location on Aug. 31.Here she is with Oliver Drummond, June Cohen and Joe Barr....