Category: APWU Video

(This article first appeared in the September/October 2022 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) I was proud to give the keynote “State of the Union” speech, excerpted below, at the just completed APWU national convention: “I am honored to come before you to share our work over the last four years. Together, we are marching forward and building an activist, winning union. “In June 2018 former President Trump advocated for the complete privatization of the […]

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On Feb. 15, APWU President Mark Dimondstein went live with Legislative & Political Director Judy Beard to highlight the historic importance of the Postal Service Reform Act. Call your Senators and ask them to #PassPostalReform Now! 

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On Jan. 25, APWU President Mark Dimondstein went live with member questions, reflections of the union victories of the past year and APWU priorities for 2022.

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50 Years of Solidarity The APWU was founded on July 1, 1971, in the wake of the Great Postal Strike of 1970 and the Postal Reorganization Act, which granted our demand for the right to collectively bargain.  The founding of the union brought together the United Federation of Postal Clerks, the National Postal Union, the National Association of Post Office and General Service Maintenance Employees, the National Federation of Motor Vehicle Employees, and the National Association […]

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APWU national officers, actor and activist, Danny Glover and a host of speakers from our union family fired us up on the eve of opening day of contract negotiations. We rallied together for a good contract for postal workers.

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The American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO invites union members to join them for a live Zoom Town Hall on Tuesday, June 15, 2021 with President Mark Dimondstein and other National Negotiations Committee members.

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President Dimondstein was joined by Secretary-Treasurer Powell for June’s Livestream. They covered the upcoming kick off of our contract campaign, the new bipartisan postal reform legislation, and more on the 10 year plan and our fight to stop the delays. They took questions from members on organizing non-members in the USPS, EFEL leave, proposals for retiree health care under the Postal Service Reform Act and the threat to small post offices.

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In April’s APWU Live with President Dimondstein, he was joined by Industrial Relations Director, Vance Zimmerman. They spoke about Workers Memorial Day, the Board of Governors, the upcoming national contract negotiations and took questions from members on PTFs, postal management’s plant closures and EFEL leave.

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In February’s livestream, APWU President Mark Dimondstein spoke about the push to make voluntary vaccinations available for postal workers, the USPS Board of Governors, contract bargaining and his recent testimony to the House of Representatives’ Oversight Committee. He took questions from members on a range of subjects including our opposition to a two-tier workforce, workplace safety, PTF conversions and paid holidays, as well as the Postmaster General’s forthcoming 10-year plan.

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APWU President Dimondstein reported back to members on the work and challenges we face as we move into 2021. Topics will included the campaign for a pro-postal majority on the USPS Board of Governors, the recent creation of 5,000 new union career jobs and the upcoming opening of bargaining on the APWU/USPS Contract.

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In his New Year message to members, APWU President Mark Dimondstein reviews our many accomplishments over the past year amid the great tragedies of 2020. As we roll into 2021, we are gearing up for a continued struggle for good jobs for working people, good service and racial and economic justice!

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