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July 12, 2025APWU President Mark Dimondstein Addresses the membership on the Ratification of the 2024-2027 National Agreement
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APWU Members Ratify 2024-2027 National Agreement!
July 10, 2025“Today, APWU members overwhelmingly voted in favor of ratifying the 2024-2027 National Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) between the APWU and the USPS,” announced APWU President Mark Dimondstein.
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“Today, APWU members overwhelmingly voted in favor of ratifying the 2024-2027 National Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) between the APWU and the USPS,” announced APWU President Mark Dimondstein.
95% of the members who voted, voted “Yes!” in favor of ratification. The vote tally was 34,867 votes for ratification and 1,863 against.
“Congratulations APWU family! I am pleased that our membership recognized the protections that this National Agreement provides to nearly 200,000 postal workers from all divisions,” stated APWU President and lead negotiator Mark Dimondstein. “With absolutely no givebacks, the contract protects the great gains achieved over many years of struggle with the no-layoff protections, full COLA as a true buffer against inflation, regular step increases, the 50-mile limit on excessing, and the two-year automatic conversion from non-career to career. There are general wage increases for the next three years, significant advances in bridging the divisive two-tier wage structure, the first increase in night differential in 30 years, and many positive work-rule changes.
“Every member should be very proud of this huge accomplishment,” he continued. “Our power at the bargaining table was driven by the strength of your solidarity and unity, the foundation of our union.”
Local and state organizations send many resolutions to APWU national conventions that help guide the national negotiators. The kickoff day of action, union gear days, and our “Union Proud, Say it Loud!” contract campaign built the message of unity and solidarity of workroom floor activism, helping secure a solid contract.
The Tentative Agreement was agreed upon and finalized by the negotiating parties on June 2, with the unanimous approval of the National Negotiations Committee and full support of the National Executive Board. It was then unanimously approved by the Rank and File Bargaining Advisory Committee and sent to the members for a ratification vote.
The ratification vote was administered by the American Arbitration Association (AAA). A subcommittee of the Rank and File Bargaining Advisory Committee was on site monitoring the entire vote count, which took place on July 10.
“I want to thank all those members who took the time to vote on this Collective Bargaining Agreement. This is an agreement that I am proud to have helped negotiate. The National Negotiations Committee, other officers, and the support staff all worked extremely hard to bring this contract to fruition,” said Industrial Relations Director and Chief Spokesperson Charlie Cash. “But there is more work to be done to get it implemented,” he continued.
Now that the APWU has ratified the new National Agreement, one of the first items to address in its implementation are the retroactive pay increases due to employees. These include the first general wage increase (GWI) of 1.3% for career employees, effective Nov.16, 2024 and the $395 per year cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) due to career employees, effective March 8, 2025. PSEs, who do not receive COLAs, will receive an extra 1% towards their GWI, for a total of 2.3%, effective Nov. 16, 2024.
APWU-represented bargaining unit employees in the Information Technology/Accounting Services (IT/AS) sector will soon begin programming the payroll system that is required to make these pay changes. Once programming has been completed, retroactive payments will be made to the affected employees, with the dates of these payments to be announced. Please check apwu.org for updated information on your retroactive payments.
Additionally, the APWU and the USPS are in the process of finalizing a print version of the CBA and updating the Joint Contract Interpretation Manual (JCIM). Once available, those publications will be posted on apwu.org. In the meantime, the summary terms of the Tentative Agreement can be found visiting apwu.org/tasummary.
“This contract, with no givebacks or concessions, provides a strong foundation for us to build on in the years to come,” concluded APWU President Mark Dimondstein. “At a time when government workers are facing layoffs and attacks on their union rights, this contract will protect postal workers through the turbulent years ahead.”
APWU Members Ratify 2024-2027 National Agreement! 95% of Voters Say ‘YES!’ to New Union Contract0
Read More....2025 APWU Scholarship Winners Announced!
July 9, 2025The APWU proudly presents the winners of three scholarship programs: The E.C. Hallbeck Memorial Scholarship, Vocational Scholarship, and Best Essay Award for 2025!
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The APWU proudly presents the winners of three scholarship programs: The E.C. Hallbeck Memorial Scholarship, Vocational Scholarship, and Best Essay Award for 2025!
When the five predecessor craft unions merged to form the APWU in 1971, the new union decided to maintain an academic scholarship program created in 1969 by the United Federation of Postal Clerks (UFPC) as a tribute to UFPC president E.C. “Roy” Hallbeck.
The APWU Hallbeck Memorial Scholarship program provides financial assistance to children of APWU union members. It awards $2,000 per year for four consecutive years of college to one male and one female high school student from each of the five postal regions.
The APWU Vocational Scholarship was established by the National Executive Board to help students interested in programs of study leading to trade, technical, industrial, or vocational occupations. Five recipients, one from each of the five postal regions, will receive up to $3,000 to be used for up to three years of study in a specific trade, technical, industrial, or vocational school.
The Best Essay winner receives an additional one-time award of $2,000. This year’s Best Essay winner is Ethan Deang, of the Tampa Area Florida local.
The scholarships are funded by donations, and the APWU is extremely grateful for contributions by union members. To contribute, please send a check or a money order to: APWU Scholarship Fund, 1300 L Street NW, Washington DC 20005. Your tax-deductible donation may specify “Hallbeck,” “Vocational,” or “Best Essay.”
Reconciliation Legislation Passes – Attacks on Postal Pensions DEFEATED
July 3, 2025On July 3, Trump’s tax-and-spending reconciliation bill (H.R. 1) passed by narrow margins in the House and Senate, giving $4.5 trillion in tax cuts to the ultra-wealthy paid for by the working class. While we successfully fought off the threats most affecting postal workers, we can’t lose sight of the fact that this bill is no doubt a crushing blow to millions of working families across the nation.
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Today, Republicans in the House of Representatives narrowly passed President Trump’s tax-and-spending reconciliation bill after its passage in the Senate just two days ago. H.R. 1, the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” gives $4.5 trillion in tax cuts to the ultra-wealthy, paid for by the working class. The bill slashes Medicaid, food assistance, and green-energy programs while it expands tax breaks and increases defense spending. But thanks to an all-hands on deck campaign by postal and federal union members, every direct attack on our retirement security was stripped from the bill before its final passage.
In the House and Senate, Democrats were united in voting against the bill. A few Republicans broke with their party to join Democrats in opposition, including Senators Thom Tillis (NC), Rand Paul (KY), and Susan Collins (ME). In the House, Representatives Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) and Thomas Massie (KY-04) all found the bill to be not-so-beautiful and voted against it.
After Vice President JD Vance broke a tie in the Senate on Tuesday and the House of Representatives passed the bill today, it is now headed to the president’s desk to be signed into law.
As you may recall, earlier versions of the bill in the House and Senate contained many disastrous provisions aimed at postal and federal workers, including:
Increasing the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) annuity contribution rate for all active employees to 4.4%, resulting in a direct pay cut for any active employee hired before 2014;
Replacing the High-3 FERS annuity calculation with a High-5 calculation, resulting in a reduction in annuity payments;
Eliminating the FERS Social Security supplement, which allows workers who have earned their retirement the ability to retire before their Social Security benefits begin;
Increasing the FERS annuity contribution rate for new hires;
Establishing a filing fee for the Merit Systems Protection Board Claims and Appeals;
Disposing of the Postal Service’s electric vehicle (EV) fleet and rescinding EV funding.
Thanks to the tireless activism of APWU members, and our coalition of postal and federal allies, the final version of the reconciliation bill contains NONE of these attacks!
“This was a direct result of APWU member activism and shows our collective power,” said APWU Legislative and Political Director Judy Beard. “I want to thank every member who picked up the phone, sent an email, wrote a letter, or who personally met with their member of Congress. You have shown that even when the odds are stacked against us, we can win!”
While we successfully fought off the threats most affecting postal workers, we cannot lose sight of the fact that this bill is no doubt a crushing blow to millions of working families across the nation.
“Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder,” declared APWU President Dimondstein. “What is dubbed as ‘The One Big Beautiful Bill Act’ is beautiful if you are part of the 1%, the fossil fuel industry, or multi-national defense contractors. For the rest of us, the working folks, this is as ugly as it gets.”
Dimondstein continued, “We are pleased that through concerted efforts, including from our members and the APWU, the major attacks on federal and postal retirement benefits were stripped out of the final package. But let’s be clear: Congress shamefully voted for a massive transfer of wealth from the working and low-income people to make permanent $4 trillion in tax breaks for corporate America, Wall Street and the fat cats. It should never be acceptable to reward those who need it the least by taking away Medicaid health care benefits, nutritional assistance and educational support from those who need it the most.”
Although many harmful provisions were successfully removed from this bill, we ask that you continue to stay vigilant. There are other dangerous bills currently moving through Congress and the APWU will keep you informed of our future fights.
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Reconciliation Legislation Passes
July 3, 2025On July 3, Trump’s tax-and-spending reconciliation bill (H.R. 1) passed by narrow margins in the House and Senate, giving $4.5 trillion in tax cuts to the ultra-wealthy paid for by the working class. While we successfully fought off the threats most affecting postal workers, we can’t lose sight of the fact that this bill is no doubt a crushing blow to millions of working families across the nation.
LegislationLegislative and Political
Today, Republicans in the House of Representatives narrowly passed President Trump’s tax-and-spending reconciliation bill after its passage in the Senate just two days ago. H.R. 1, the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” gives $4.5 trillion in tax cuts to the ultra-wealthy, paid for by the working class. The bill slashes Medicaid, food assistance, and green-energy programs while it expands tax breaks and increases defense spending. But thanks to an all-hands on deck campaign by postal and federal union members, every direct attack on our retirement security was stripped from the bill before its final passage.
In the House and Senate, Democrats were united in voting against the bill. A few Republicans broke with their party to join Democrats in opposition, including Senators Thom Tillis (NC), Rand Paul (KY), and Susan Collins (ME). In the House, Representatives Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) and Thomas Massie (KY-04) found the bill to be not-so-beautiful and voted against it.
After Vice President JD Vance broke a tie in the Senate on Tuesday and the House of Representatives passed the bill today, it is now headed to the president’s desk to be signed into law.
As you may recall, earlier versions of the bill in the House and Senate contained many disastrous provisions aimed at postal and federal workers, including:
Increasing the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) annuity contribution rate for all active employees to 4.4%, resulting in a direct pay cut for any active employee hired before 2014;
Replacing the High-3 FERS annuity calculation with a High-5 calculation, resulting in a reduction in annuity payments;
Eliminating the FERS Social Security supplement, which allows workers who have earned their retirement the ability to retire before their Social Security benefits begin;
Increasing the FERS annuity contribution rate for new hires;
Establishing a filing fee for the Merit Systems Protection Board Claims and Appeals;
Disposing of the Postal Service’s electric vehicle (EV) fleet and rescinding EV funding.
Thanks to the tireless activism of APWU members, and our coalition of postal and federal allies, the final version of the reconciliation bill contains NONE of these attacks!
“This was a direct result of APWU member activism and shows our collective power,” said APWU Legislative and Political Director Judy Beard. “I want to thank every member who picked up the phone, sent an email, wrote a letter, or who personally met with their member of Congress. You have shown that even when the odds are stacked against us, we can win!”
While we successfully fought off the threats most affecting postal workers, we cannot lose sight of the fact that this bill is no doubt a crushing blow to millions of working families across the nation.
“Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder,” declared APWU President Dimondstein. “What is dubbed as ‘The One Big Beautiful Bill Act’ is beautiful if you are part of the 1%, the fossil fuel industry, or multi-national defense contractors. For the rest of us, the working folks, this is as ugly as it gets.”
Dimondstein continued, “We are pleased that through concerted efforts, including from our members and the APWU, the major attacks on federal and postal retirement benefits were stripped out of the final package. But let’s be clear: Congress shamefully voted for a massive transfer of wealth from the working and low-income people to make permanent $4 trillion in tax breaks for corporate America, Wall Street and the fat cats. It should never be acceptable to reward those who need it the least by taking away Medicaid health care benefits, nutritional assistance and educational support from those who need it the most.”
Although many harmful provisions were successfully removed from this bill, we ask that you continue to stay vigilant. There are other dangerous bills currently moving through Congress and the APWU will keep you informed of our future fights.
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Read More....MD State and DC Postal Workers Union 2025 Fall Seminar
The Fall Seminar will be hosted by MD State & DC Postal State Workers Union, AFL-CIO. All Delegates must register email forms to tjenkins@mdstate-dc.org or mail forms to P.O. Box 7700, Rosedale, MD 21237-70047.
The deadline for registration is Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025 at 5pm.
September 5, 2025 – 9:00AM to September 6, 2025 – 5:00PMVirtual via ZoomLocalNoYes2025-09-03 00:00:00MD State and DC Postal Workers Union 2025 Fall SeminarTopic: Fall SEMINAR
When: Sept 5 and 6, 2025 09:00am – 5:00pm Eastern Time
Register in advance for this Seminar:
Any registration questions, Contact Tracie Jenkins Treasure, Tjenkins@mdstate-dc.org, phone 443-938-4834
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
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CONTACT INFORMATION:
Chauncey McCamey, MD STATE & DC PRESIDENT (301) 332-0857 EMAIL: cmaacamey@apwu140.org
Amir Omar, MD STATE & DC VICE PRESIDENT (443) 622-9454 EMAIL: aomar@mdstate-dc.org
Sean Reese, MD STATE & DC DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH & EDUCATION/HUMAN RELATIONS (301) 653-9419 EMAIL: sreese@mdstate-dc.org
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APWU Installation of National Officers
Additional information regarding purchasing tickets and hotel information will be forthcoming.
November 1, 2025 – 7:00PMHilton Baltimore Inner Harbor401 Pratt Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
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USPS Report: PSE Compliance Report Pay Period 13 – June 13, 2025
https://d1ocufyfjsc14h.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/apwu_pse_compliance_report_fy25_pp13_v03.xlsUSPS Report: PSE Compliance Report Pay Period 13 – June 13, 2025
Read More....2025 OH-IN-KY Tri-State Conference
Room rate: $139/night including free parking. Use group name “APWU Tri-State Conference” orGroup Code “94K” Reservation line: (800) 220-9219. Registration: $125.
July 29, 2025 – 8:30AM to July 31, 2025 – 5:30PMEmbassy Suites Hilton Columbus-Dublin5100 Upper Metro Place
Dublin, OH 43017
LocalNoYes2025-07-01 00:00:002025 OH-IN-KY Tri-State ConferenceEmbassy Suites Hilton Columbus-Dublin
5100 Upper Metro Place
Dublin, OH 43017
Room rates are $139.00 per night including free parking. Please use our group name “APWU Tri State Conference” -or- Group Code “94K” when making reservations: Embassy Suites reservations phone: (800) 220-9219. There are also rooms available for travel day of Monday July 28th. Hotel guests receive a free hot breakfast each morning and free hotel reception each evening with complimentary drinks and snacks.
Registration: $125 per person.
Send registration forms and checks to:
Jim Sizemore OPWU Sec-Tres.
813 Bradford Ct.
Cincinnati Ohio 45233
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Privatizers Lay Out Their Plan for Destroying Public Postal Service
June 30, 2025On June 24, the House Subcommittee on Government Operations held a hearing titled, “The Route Forward for the U.S. Postal Service: A View from Stakeholders.”
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On June 24, the House Subcommittee on Government Operations held a hearing titled, “The Route Forward for the U.S. Postal Service: A View from Stakeholders.”
In a hearing that was clearly created to promote the views and goals of the big mailers at the expense of postal workers and postal customers, the Republican leadership of the House Subcommittee had the following people testify: Paul Steidler, Senior Fellow at the conservative Lexington Institute; Jim Cochrane, CEO of the Package Shippers Association; Mike Plunkett, CEO and President of the Association for Postal Commerce; Thomas Schatz, President of the right-wing Citizens Against Government Waste; and Elena Spatoulas Patel, Assistant Professor at the University of Utah’s Marriner S. Eccles Institute for Economics and Quantitative Analysis. The only voice representing workers was Brian Renfroe, NALC President.
In a statement submitted for the record, APWU President Mark Dimondstein quickly dispelled the notion that privatization, whether piecemeal or in total, would lead the Postal Service down a better financial path, stating “privatization offers the illusion of profit, but that profit serves a very limited corporate interest while costs will instantly rise for the majority of businesses and customers and the larger national postal industry collapses.” He went on to reiterate that the Postal Service must remain an independent agency in order to fulfill its fifty-year-old Congressional mandate “to provide postal services to bind the Nation together,” to “provide prompt, reliable, and efficient services to patrons in all areas,” and to “render postal services to all communities.”
Several witnesses at the hearing made dangerous proposals for the future of the Postal Service, including: hiring freezes, public/private partnerships, (code word for subcontracting our work) and matching labor costs with postal revenues. For those following closely, these were blueprints for how they plan to privatize the postal service.
Multiple exchanges between committee members and witnesses took place that admonished the Postal Service for the size of its workforce, specifically regarding the conversions of non-career workers to career employees. One particular exchange that should raise red flags for every APWU member took place between James Comer, Chairman of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, and Jim Cochrane, CEO of the Package Shippers Association, where they discussed the prospect of a private sector solution to the sorting of the mail. This would have a direct and devastating impact on APWU members.
Despite these areas of concern, there were some notable moments during the hearing that highlighted areas where Congress could work with the Postal Service to improve its financial standing. Allowing the Postal Service to invest retirement funds in safe, TSP-like funds instead of the low-yield treasury securities they are limited to investing in now would generate a significant amount of money. Additionally, Congress should direct OPM to fix the misallocation of pension expenses that has plagued it for decades.
In his statement, President Dimondstein advocated for the expansion of non-postal services to local, state, and tribal governments. The opportunities are numerous and could utilize the vast postal retail network to offer a variety of services, such as hunting/fishing licenses and identification verification for government services, as well as resource distribution during natural disasters.
The APWU is ready to work with Congress and the Postal Service to share ideas and advance common goals to benefit the public Postal Service while continuing to push back against any changes that would have detrimental effects on the membership and the people’s rights guaranteed under the law to universal postal services no matter who we are or where we live.
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