APWU President Mark Dimondstein’s Opening Remarks for 2024 Contract Negotiations

APWU President Mark Dimondstein’s Opening Remarks for 2024 Contract Negotiations

6/25/224 – The American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO welcomes this opportunity to represent approximately 200,000 postal workers in these important negotiations for a new Collective Bargaining Agreement between our union and the United States Postal Service. For generations postal workers were denied our right to negotiate over wages, benefits, and conditions of employment. Instead, workers […]

APWU Says “It’s time for Medicare for All”

APWU Says “It’s time for Medicare for All”

The article below comes to us from the APWU – we do not agree with this proposal and have many questions regarding this issue. Two of our questions are would ONLY legitimate and legal USA citizens be eligible for this proposed Medicare coverage? And who is going to pay for the massive increase in the cost […]

Seven Former Illinois Postal Service Employees Charged in Federal Probe of Credit Cards Stolen From the Mail

Seven Former Illinois Postal Service Employees Charged in Federal Probe of Credit Cards Stolen From the Mail

CHICAGO — 9/29/21 – Seven former U.S. Postal Service employees in the Chicago area have been charged with participating in schemes to steal credit cards and other financial instruments from the mail.  The indictments are the latest charges in “Operation Cash on Delivery,” a federal investigation that previously resulted in conspiracy charges against several other former […]

APWU: Extension of COVID-19 MOUs

APWU: Extension of COVID-19 MOUs

APWU 7/13/20 – Over the recent weeks, the COVID-19 pandemic has raged across the country.  Overall cases across the US have increased.  The percentage of positives tests are increasing, and it was recently announced the overall COVID-19 caused death rate has increased. In many areas, COVID-19 cases are spiking to all-time highs—higher than even the […]

APWU Statement on the Killing of George Floyd and the Continuing Struggle for Justice

APWU Statement on the Killing of George Floyd and the Continuing Struggle for Justice

APWU News – 6/01/20 – The three General Officers of the APWU, President Mark Dimondstein, Executive-Vice President Debby Szeredy, and Secretary-Treasurer Elizabeth Powell issued the following statement: Fair minded people from all walks of life and political viewpoints are deeply disturbed and rightfully outraged by the killing of unarmed and handcuffed African-American George Floyd at […]

APWU Has A New Union Contract

The big news is in – 200,000 postal workers represented by the APWU have a new union contract! Neutral Arbitrator and Interest Arbitration Panel Chair Stephen Goldberg issued his binding decision on the terms of the new union contract between the American Postal Workers Union and the United States Postal Service. The Award was the product of […]

APWU Executive Board Endorses Bernie Sanders for President

APWU Executive Board Endorses Bernie Sanders for President

The APWU National Executive Board voted on Jan. 29 to endorse Senator Bernie Sanders for President of the United States. In light of the importance of the presidential election and in response to many inquiries from members as to the union leadership’s position, a number of “top tier” candidates, or their designees, were invited to […]

DOL Files Lawsuit Against APWU Local 230 Suit Seeks to Nullify the Union’s March 2, 2019 Election

DOL Files Lawsuit Against APWU Local 230 Suit Seeks to Nullify the Union’s March 2, 2019 Election

On June 17, 2019, in the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire, the Department filed suit against American Postal Workers Union (APWU) Local 230 (located in Manchester, N.H.). The lawsuit seeks to nullify the union’s March 2, 2019 election of the offices of president, executive vice-president, secretary-treasurer, clerk craft director, maintenance […]

APWU National Executive Board to USPS Board of Governors – ‘Not So Fast!’

APWU National Executive Board to USPS Board of Governors – ‘Not So Fast!’

APWU sets in motion countermeasures to check managements’ cut and slash “business plan” with a plan to defend postal workers and customers APWU News – 6/19/19 – The Postmaster General’s (PMG) 10-year “business plan” was leaked to the press on Tuesday, June 18. It is clear management wants the burden of balancing their books on the […]

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