APWU – 02/18/2015 – Actor-activist Danny Glover will appear on The Ed Show this evening, Feb. 18, along with APWU President Mark Dimondstein. They will discuss A Grand Alliance to Save Our Public Postal Service. The Ed Show airs on MSNBC at 5 p.m. Glover championed the need for a vibrant Postal Service in a […]
APWU 02/17/2015 – With contract negotiations just hours away, the APWU wants retirees to know that they are also an important part of the battle. The Postal Service – the institution that they have dedicated their working lives to – is under attack from all sides. Who would want to see our great national treasure destroyed or […]
02/11/2015 – The union is pursuing our demand that management create at least 60 new administrative and technical duty assignments in the Motor Vehicle Service Craft, as required by the 2010-2015 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). Four years after signing the CBA, the USPS still has not created the positions. Management also has refused to provide the APWU […]
APWU: On Feb. 12, 2015, more than 60 national organizations joined forces to launch A Grand Alliance to Save Our Public Postal Service. The debut of the Alliance included the premiere of a video featuring actor-activist Danny Glover, the creation of a new website, and many messages on social media. “I hope every APWU member […]
APWU News – The Postal Service’s operating profit for the first fiscal quarter of 2015 was $1.1 billion, with cash at hand increasing to $7 billion, according to the unaudited financial report released on Feb. 6. Revenues have increased 4.3 percent to $18.8 billion, compared to the same time last year. Although the Postal Service’s […]
Town Hall Conference Call Feb. 17; Register by Feb. 16 APWU Web News Article With contract negotiations set to begin on Feb. 19, APWU members across the country are busy preparing. At the national level, officers have been studying data, weighing input from union members, plotting strategy, and honing contract proposals. “But to win […]
e-Team Report, Feb. 6, 2015 New Bill Would Stop Mail Slowdown, Reinstate Service Standards Recognizing the essential role mail plays in American society, some in Congress are responding to the Postal Service’s disastrous action to eliminate overnight delivery and plans to close or consolidate 82 mail processing facilities. This week, Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) reintroduced […]
Washington – The American Postal Workers Union announced today that the 200,000–member organization will “vigorously oppose” the merger between Staples and Office Depot. “We will urge the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission to block this monopolistic and unlawful merger now, just as they did 17 years ago,” said APWU President Mark Dimondstein. “And we […]
APWU – 01/29/2015 The “onion” stamp created and tweeted by the Postal Service. Apparently, the reduction in first-class mail volume is hilarious to USPS management. Last week, The Onion, a satirical news site, published an article about a new line of commemorative stamps honoring “Americans who still use the US Postal Service,” mocking those who “still” send birthday […]
APWU – 01/26/2015 – When Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe retires at the end of the week, he’ll get a retirement package of more than $4 million. Not bad for a “civil servant.” But in his controversial farewell address to reporters at the National Press Club on Jan. 6, Donahoe made clear that he doesn’t think the union’s newest members […]