This month the American Postal Workers Union and the United States Postal Service conducted two multi-day sessions of interest arbitration for a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA). The first was Oct. 10-11 and 15, and the second Oct. 21-23.
The primary focus of these sessions was wages, benefits, and the importance of the union contract to protect the skilled workers in the APWU bargaining unit from the low-wages and income inequality prevalent in the non-unionized private-sector.
“The hearings are proceeding well in our quest to win a new and good union contract,” said President Mark Dimondstein.
CONTINUE READING AT » American Postal Workers Union