APWU: Contract Negotiations Begin – At Opening Session, Union Breaks with Tradition

Web News Article #: 036-2015 02/19/2015 – Contract negotiations between the American Postal Workers Union and the U.S. Postal Service got underway on Feb. 19 with a dramatic break with tradition. Joining the APWU at the opening session were actor-activist Danny Glover and AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, who made brief remarks following a statement by…

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Glover, Trumka, Join APWU in Pre-Negotiation Press Conference

Web News Article #: 035-2015 02/19/2015 – Actor-activist Danny Glover and AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka joined APWU President Mark Dimondstein in a pre-negotiation press conference at the Regency Hyatt on Capitol Hill (see video below). “I come here as a citizen and a child of postal employees,” Glover said, noting that he has been using…

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APWU: Union Members Bring the House Down at Pre-Negotiation Rally

Web News Article #: 033-2015 02/18/2015 – Over a hundred labor union members, leaders and activists participated in a spirited rally on the eve of APWU contract negotiations at the AFL-CIO headquarters on Feb. 18. Lively chants of “We want a contract!” and “What kind of power? Union power!” rose up between passionate calls for…

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