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Arbitrator to Decide Postal Contract

The American Postal Workers Union, which represents about 200,000 workers, and the U.S. Postal Service are heading to arbitration after a union committee expressed concerns over a tentative agreement.

APWU President Mark Dimondstein said in a posting on the union’s website that he believed the agreement he reached with USPS management after months of bargaining was “fair and positive for the members.” However, the union’s Rank and File Bargaining Advisory Committee “had some serious concerns with the tentative ...