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News Article | September 7, 2025

e-Team Report, June 26, 2011

The American Postal Workers Union is working fervently to make certain that the Postal Service’s decision to suspend employer contributions to FERS does not negatively affect the nation’s postal employees, President Cliff Guffey said on June 22. “We will take every step necessary to ensure that reti...

News Article | September 7, 2025

Frequently Asked Questions

The APWU represents clerk, maintenance, and motor vehicle craft employees at 21 Bulk Mail Centers in metropolitan areas around the country. Listed below are the responses to questions that are often asked by APWU members who work at these facilities.  

News Article | September 7, 2025

Bargaining Rights Make a World of Difference

Over the past several years I have been combing through the union’s archives to compile a record of contractual changes over the past 30 years. While doing this research on collective bargaining achievements since 1980, it occurred to me that more than 90 percent of the APWU members working today ha...

News Article | September 7, 2025

Dispute Filed Over Automatic Recertification Requirement for FMLA-Covered Condition

The APWU has filed a national-level dispute over the Postal Service's practice of requiring employees to automatically provide new medical certification (recertification) for a serious health condition with the first absence in a new leave year, simply because the old leave year has ended and a new...

News Article | September 7, 2025

e-Team Report, Jan. 19, 2013

The Approaching Postal Cliff Ed Schultz and Rep. Gerry Connolly Shine a Spotlight on the Postal War on Workers PRC Cautions Against Board of Governors Accelerated Plans  Presidential Inauguration and MLK Day of Service

News Article | September 7, 2025

Welcome Home Hero

This event, hosted by the Veterans’ Administration, introduces recently discharged troops to available VA benefits, health services and employment counseling. In addition to informational services, refreshments, and entertainment are provided for the new veterans and their families.

News Article | September 7, 2025

Testing Your Home for Lead

Many houses and apartments built before 1978 contain high levels of lead, which can pose serious health hazards. The lead typically comes from the paint used in these dwellings. Federal law requires landlords and sellers to supply information on the effects of lead before renting, buying, or renovat...

News Article | September 7, 2025

Dispute: New PSE Position Descriptions

This dispute involves the issuance of management instructions regarding the use of new, rather than existing, Standard Position Descriptions when hiring PSEs.

News Article | September 7, 2025

APWU President Mark Dimondstein on the Craig Melvin Show

President of the American Postal Workers Union, Mark Dimondstein, discusses Stop Staples and his opposition in the Postal Service pilot program to reform and downsize.

News Article | September 7, 2025

Training Programs for 2007

To help APWU activists enhance their skills, the Research and Education Department will be providing several training programs in 2007.

News Article | September 7, 2025

2013 BMC Conference

The 2013 Bulk Mail Center (BMC) Conference convened at 9 a.m. Nov. 3 in Las Vegas, NV. The conference was chaired by I. Balogun and co-hosted by Ken France, President of Kansas Kaw Valley BMC Local. There was a total of 85 attendees.  Brother Omar Gonzalez welcomed the delegates to the Western regio...

News Article | September 7, 2025

Meet Support Services

My name is Steve Brooks and I am the new director of the Support Services Division of the APWU.

News Article | September 7, 2025

Employee I.D. Numbers, Not Social Security Numbers, Should be Used on Drug-and-Alcohol Testing Forms

Employee Identification Numbers (EINs) — not Social Security numbers — should be used on postal forms whenever possible, in accordance with a Memorandum of Understanding on the Removal of Social Security Number References [PDF] in the Collective Bargaining Agreement.