May 18, 2015 – APWU National Day of Action for Good Postal Service! Good Jobs! Good Contract! at an event in Washington, DC, on May 14, 2015, featuring Actor-Activist Danny Glover, APWU President Mark Dimondstein, Secretary-Treasurer Liz Powell, President of National Coalition on Black Civic Participation.
INGLEFIELD, IN – Decades of local oversight of U.S. postal scales ended last week when Evansville-Vanderburgh Weights and Measures officials formally opted not to challenge the U.S. Postal Service’s newfound insistence on inspecting its own scales. The potential legal conflict was precipitated by Inglefield Postmaster Bryan Oxley’s refusal to let two local inspectors conduct their […]
FRESNO, Calif. – Fresno Police are investigating an incident involving a postal worker that led to a short standoff on Saturday. Police say a supervisor called to report some concerns about her employee. The woman said she spotted some ammunition in his car and tried to stop him from getting in the vehicle. She eventually […]
Remembering a mother, sister and postal worker killed in a deadly crash. “We never called each other by our first names. We always called each other sister. It was always hi sister, bye sister, I love you sister. I’m really going to miss that,” said the victim’s sister-in-law Allison Babcock. Allison Babcock says she’ll always […]
05/16/2015 – To stay informed of developments at the bargaining table as the expiration of the contract between the APWU and USPS approaches, union members are invited to call a telephone hotline. The first update will be available on Saturday, May 16, at 6 p.m. To listen to the message, dial 1-866-412-8061. Attachments PDF (1.05 MB)
05/16/2015 – On May 20 – the day our contract expires – show solidarity by wearing APWU-themed gear to work. That’s the message from APWU President Mark Dimondstein. “I urge you to wear a union T-shirt, cap, button or sticker. If you can’t get your hands on an APWU item, please wear blue,” he said. “As the […]
May 2015 Who let the dog out? Because it just bit a postal worker. That at least is a far too common scenario in Los Angeles, which ranked first in the nation with 74 dog attacks on postal employees last year, according to the U.S. Postal Service. That fact has the federal agency preparing to […]
Officials in Hamilton Township, Mercer County say employees have been allowed to re-enter the postal facility and resume operations following a hazmat incident on Friday. NJ hazmat units, firefighters and officials concluded the response effort around 3 p.m. There is still no indication as to what caused some workers to fall ill. Hazmat crews responded […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Postal workers nationwide and in Kansas City are fighting to keep your local post office open. The United States Postal Service plans to reduce hours and close branches nationwide. No branches in Kansas City are currently set to close, but with 82 processing centers set to close around the country, including […]
Secretary-Treasurer Liz Powell and Executive Vice President Debby Szeredy get postcards signed outside a Washington, DC post office. APWU News – May 14, 2015 – With just a week left until the Collective Bargaining Agreement expires, APWU members are fired up and ready to go for the National Day of Action on May 14. More […]