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News Article | July 20, 2022
COLA and You
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2022 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Soaring inflation is hurting working people worldwide with rising prices on basic necessities including gasoline, food, transportation and housing. Inflation is largely being driven by an economy conce...
News Article | July 13, 2022
Workers Are Fighting Back
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2022 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) There is a union movement that is blazing across the country. It’s important for all of us to do our part to give support to workers that are standing up and fighting like hell to get a union like we h...
News Article | July 13, 2022
MVS Update
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2022 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) The Craft had a National Arbitration hearing on May 23-24 to determine if the USPS violated Section 2 of the 2010 Contract Motor Vehicle Craft Jobs Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) by failing to conve...
News Article | June 8, 2022
Don’t Let the Postal Service check Your “Pulse!”
Starting June 14 through July 15 2022, the USPS is pushing its annual Postal Pulse Survey. The APWU leadership urges you to not let the Postal Service take your Pulse! Management surveys have been used as a weapon against the APWU during contract negotiations while not producing any real positive ch...
News Article | May 24, 2022
IT-AS Tentative Agreement Announcement
The American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO and the U.S. Postal Service have reached a tentative agreement for the Information Technology/Accounting Services (IT/AS) collective bargaining agreement, announced Support Services Director, and lead negotiator, Steve Brooks. The agreement will be a 36- mo...
News Article | May 16, 2022
Grievance Moratorium to be in Effect Due to National Convention
The APWU and the Postal Service have agreed to a moratorium on grievances, disciplinary actions and arbitration hearings at the national, regional, state and local levels from August 8 through August 22, 2022, due to the 2022 APWU Biennial Convention, Industrial Relations Director Charlie Cash has a...
News Article | May 6, 2022
The Importance of Critical Thinking and Common Sense
(This article first appeared in the May/June 2022 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) The Importance of Critical Thinking and Common Sense I felt the need for the above title in order to raise the awareness and consciences of our union members, with the hope that doing so can have some inf...
News Article | April 28, 2022
Implementation of CBA Moves Ahead
The implementation of the 2021-2024 Collective Bargaining Agreement is moving forward. With ratification of the agreement on February 28, the provisions of the agreement went into effect. The membership of the union has already seen the effect of some of those provisions. For example, work or pay gu...
News Article | April 8, 2022
Parties Agree on Updated Q&As for MOU, Re: Residual Vacancies – Clerk Craft
On March 30, 2022, the APWU and USPS agreed to an updated version of the Questions & Answers for the MOU, Re: Residual Vacancies – Clerk Craft. During the 2021 contract negotiations, the parties made improvements to the MOU which necessitated new Q&As being added to the previous April 8, 2020 vers...
News Article | March 24, 2022
What…did you not vote on the CBA?
By now the fate of the contract is decided. You either exercised the power of your membership or let it go to waste. If you voted, thanks, because for over 180 years postal workers had very little, if any, say in their employment. The Post Office Department was all powerful.
News Article | March 22, 2022
Industrial Relations Director Vance Zimmerman Steps Down; Charlie Cash Appointed to Fill Vacancy
APWU Industrial Relations Director (IRD) Vance Zimmerman has announced that he is stepping down from his position effective March 26, 2022. In accordance with the APWU National Constitution, President Mark Dimondstein filled the IRD vacancy by appointing Charlie Cash, with the approval of the Nation...
News Article | February 28, 2022
The New Union Contract is Ratified!
The main Collective Bargaining Agreement (union contract) between the APWU and the USPS has been overwhelmingly ratified by the members. The contract was signed by APWU President Mark Dimondstein and Postmaster General Louis DeJoy on February 28, 2022.
News Article | February 10, 2022
FIRST COLA INCREASE TO BE $1,310.00
Every full-time career employee in every step and grade will receive an annual increase of $1,310 or 63 cents per hour. In percentage terms, the median percentage increase across all steps and levels for career employees will be 2.3%. The hourly rate for career part-time flexible employees will be a...
News Article | January 21, 2022
IT/AS Tentative Agreement Extension Reached!
The American Postal Workers and the United States Postal Service have reached a Tentative Extension Agreement for the Information Technology/Accounting Service Collective Bargaining Agreement. The parties have agreed to accept a 22 month extension agreement which will expire on May 17, 2022.
News Article | January 14, 2022
The Gift That Keeps on Giving…
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2022 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) One of the greatest gifts ever given to postal workers was not one delivered by Santa. It is our right to collective bargaining over our wages, benefits and conditions of employment. It was won an...