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News Article | July 24, 2019
Members Are Asking…
Members have legitimate questions and deserve factual answers. “Why are we facing interest arbitration for a new contract when there was a tentative agreement?” “What was in it?” “Why didn’t I get a vote?” “When am I receiving raises and my next COLA?” Some background: As lead negotiator, my goal wa...
News Article | June 4, 2019
Contract Mediation Ending
On June 3, President Mark Dimondstein and Industrial Relations Director Vance Zimmerman reported to the APWU National Executive Council (NEC) that the contract mediator stated that the APWU and the USPS were too far apart, and further discussions would not lead to a new collective bargaining agreeme...
News Article | June 3, 2019
Fighting Back Against Outrageous Demands
(This article first appeared in the May/June 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) The next two stages in the battle to achieve a good new union contract are mediation (currently underway and projected to last 45 days) followed by the interest arbitration process. Be fully aware that m...
Postal Wire | May 29, 2019
Prominent Dems introduce anti-forced arbitration bill
Postal Wire | May 28, 2019
Self-driving trucking start-up CFO on its new partnership with USPS
News Article | May 21, 2019
Don’t Let the Postal Service Take Your Pulse!
It is that time of the year when the Postal Service wants to take your pulse! Like previous years, the 2018 Postal Pulse survey showed the USPS what we already knew: Your work environment is not good; your supervisors treat you poorly and morale is low. The mean score changed by less than one-tenth...
News Article | May 3, 2019
Contract Update
The APWU is continuing to move forward towards interest arbitration. Preparation of hearing presentations, evidence, and witnesses is occurring every day. The craft directors and their assistant directors are working together with the lead negotiator, President Mark Dimondstein, and the negotiation’...
News Article | April 22, 2019
Salmon Co. Drivers in El Paso, TX Unanimously Ratify Collective Bargaining Agreement
Drivers from the newly unionized Salmon Co. in El Paso, TX unanimously ratified the terms of their first Collective Bargaining Agreement. These APWU new members received most of the terms of the negotiated Salmon contract for the Dallas Area Local. Due to the organizing efforts and continued support...
News Article | April 9, 2019
APWU Enters Mediation
In our continuing efforts to get the contract the members deserve, the APWU invoked mediation on April 3, 2019 – sending a letter to the Acting Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service and to the Postal Service. The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) is a federal age...
News Article | April 2, 2019
What’s to Come in Interest Arbitration
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Industrial Relations Director Vance Zimmerman Our efforts to reach a new contract are now entering the next phases of mediation and interest arbitration. In mediation, an impartial mediator engage...
News Article | April 1, 2019
Solidarity Works! United Worker Actions Mean We Prevail
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Working people across the country continue to build on past organizing successes to beat back government actions that threaten our jobs and our families’ futures. For the last few years, labor has bee...
News Article | March 13, 2019
Management and Union Exchange Final Economic Proposals
News Article | March 8, 2019
Management and Union Exchange Final Economic Proposals
On March 7, 2019, the APWU and United States Postal Service negotiators exchanged their final economic proposals as both sides continue their preparation for interest arbitration... President Mark Dimondstein said, “There are clearly two sides in this fight and the battle lines have been drawn in ou...
News Article | January 24, 2019
APWU’s Greater Los Angeles Area Local Joins UTLA Strike
APWU’s Greater Los Angeles Area Local joined United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) on the picket line last week, offering support to fellow public-sector workers during the week-long strike that ended Tuesday morning. “It’s important to support each other in solidarity,” said Greater Los Angeles Area L...
News Article | January 16, 2019
Fighting Back On-the-Clock
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Clerk Division Director Clint Burelson Are you tired of management knowingly and willfully violating the contract, providing poor service to the public and otherwise doing whatever they want?...