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News Article | January 22, 2016
Telephone Town Hall – Feb. 9
Union members are invited to take part in a live Telephone Town Hall call on Feb. 9 with APWU President Mark Dimondstein for an update on our fight for a good contract. Click here to register.
News Article | January 22, 2016
Telephone Town Hall – Feb. 9
Union members are invited to take part in a live Telephone Town Hall call on Feb. 9 with APWU President Mark Dimondstein for an update on our fight for a good contract. Click here to register.
News Article | January 12, 2016
Contract Arbitration to Begin Feb. 17
Arbitration hearings for a new APWU Collective Bargaining Agreement with the U.S. Postal Service will begin on Feb. 17, President Mark Dimondstein has announced.
News Article | January 12, 2016
Contract Arbitration to Begin Feb. 17
Arbitration hearings for a new APWU Collective Bargaining Agreement with the U.S. Postal Service will begin on Feb. 17, President Mark Dimondstein has announced.
News Article | January 1, 2016
Solidarity Is Always In Style
Northwest Illinois Area Local (This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Thursday is Wear Your Union Gear Day, and APWU members have been busy each week, wearing their solidarity on their sleeve.
News Article | January 1, 2016
Solidarity Is Always In Style
Northwest Illinois Area Local (This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Thursday is Wear Your Union Gear Day, and APWU members have been busy each week, wearing their solidarity on their sleeve.
News Article | January 1, 2016
Why We Don’t Have a New Contract Yet
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The question can be heard throughout the APWU: Why don’t we have a new contract yet?
News Article | January 1, 2016
Why We Don’t Have a New Contract Yet
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The question can be heard throughout the APWU: Why don’t we have a new contract yet?
News Article | December 10, 2015
Contract Update
Our fight for a new Collective Bargaining Agreement has moved to a new phase, APWU President Mark Dimondstein reports. “We are taking the preliminary steps necessary to proceed to arbitration,” he said. The first step is to select a three-member arbitration panel, which will be comprised of a union-...
News Article | December 10, 2015
San Jose Fifth Graders Stand with Postal Workers
These San Jose fifth graders Stand with Postal Workers! The San Jose Contract Action Team and Regional Coordinator Omar Gonzalez visited 120 fifth graders at Donald J. Meyer Elementary School on Dec. 4, where they talked about the importance of the post office and APWU’s efforts to expand and improv...
News Article | November 18, 2015
Gear Day is Still Red Hot!
Members of the Greater Seattle Area Local in union gear on Nov.12 Days are getting shorter and temps may be dropping, but our fight for a good contract is still red hot! Show management that you are part of the fight for Good Postal Service! Good Jobs! Good Contract! by wearing union gear tomorrow...
News Article | November 3, 2015
Hartford Area Local, Allies Rally to Save America’s Postal Service
Hartford Area Local members rally with allies, including Sen. Richard Blumenthal (center). Members of the Hartford Area Local were joined by labor allies for a rally to Save American’s Postal Service on Oct. 24. Lori Pelletier, executive secretary-treasurer of the Connecticut State AFL-CIO; Rene Mo...
News Article | November 3, 2015
Long Island Area Local Rallies for Good Postal Service! Good Jobs! Good Contract!
Members of the Long Island Area Local outside the Mid-Island general mail facility Photo credit: James Carbone More than 150 members of the Long Island Area Local and their supporters rallied for Good Postal Service! Good Jobs! Good Contract! at a demonstration in front of the Mid-Island general mai...
News Article | November 1, 2015
50-Mile Limit on Excessing Extended
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The APWU and USPS agreed to extend the 50-mile limit on excessing in a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dated Sept. 28, signed by APWU President Mark Dimondstein and the USPS Vice President for...
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...