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February 12, 2025
APWU, Unions Rally with AFGE to ‘Save Our Civil Service’
In a massive show of solidarity, AFL-CIO affiliated unions, Congressional allies, and federal workers gathered on Feb. 11 at Upper Senate Park in a ra...
September 1, 2023
Sixty Years On, Postal Workers March on Washington
On August 26, APWU members and officers from across the country participated in the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington in the Nation’s Capita...
August 23, 2023
Statement by APWU President Mark Dimondstein on the Ratification of the Teamsters New Contract with United Parcel Service (UPS)
On behalf of our 200,000 members, I salute and congratulate the 340,000 Teamsters who work for UPS on the ratification of their solid new union contra...
June 13, 2022
President Dimondstein Presents the Struggle for Shorter Working Hours at AFL-CIO Convention
On June 13, APWU President Mark Dimondstein addressed the delegates at the 2022 AFL-CIO Convention in Philadelphia, introducing a resolution that supp...
May 10, 2022
Support the 30th Annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive on May 14
The 30th annual National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive is taking place on Saturday, May 14. Since its inception, t...
November 23, 2021
Workers Are Standing Up
(This article first appeared in the November/December issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Greetings postal heroes! Postal workers, nurses an...
November 19, 2021
John Deere Workers Win Strong New Contract Following Militant Strike Action
On November 17, over 10,000 John Deere workers, unionized with the United Auto Workers (UAW), brought their month-long strike to an end, voting to rat...
November 12, 2021
LABOR NEWS
(This article first appeared in the November/December issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) On October 16, the International Alliance of The...
November 12, 2021
APWU Retirees Still Fighting for Justice
(This article first appeared in the November/December issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) The APWU Retirees Department was saddened by the...
November 8, 2021
President Dimondstein Speaks in Support of Brazilian Postal Workers at UNI Americas Event
On October 25, President Dimondstein spoke at a UNI Americas event in support of Brazilian postal workers and their efforts to keep the country’s post...
September 23, 2021
Nabisco Workers Win Strong New Contract Following Month-Long Strike
On September 15, the Bakers, Confectioners, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM) announced a new tentative agreement with Nab...
August 27, 2021
New Report Proves How Unions Raise the Bar for All Workers
(This article first appeared in the September-October 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) In April, the Economic Policy Institute (EPI)...
August 27, 2021
APWU, NALC and UAW Request Postal Board of Governors Respect the Right to Organize
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) On August 4, the APWU, National Association of Let...
August 27, 2021
The Billionaire “Space” Race is Built on Workers’ Backs
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) With great media fanfare, three billionaires, Jeff...
August 27, 2021
The Power of Organizing
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) I often hear some members asking why it matters th...
August 27, 2021
Labor News
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Nabisco Workers on Strike Across the Country On Au...
August 27, 2021
Postal Strike/50th Birthday/ Anniversary of APWU
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) On July 1, 2021, the APWU celebrated its 50th Anni...
August 27, 2021
Maintenance: 50 Years Later
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) In 1971, five independent and separate unions repr...
August 27, 2021
Q&A with Bessemer, AL Amazon Union Organizer Jennifer Bates
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Earlier this year, workers at Amazon’s Bessemer, A...
August 20, 2021
AFL-CIO Executive Council Elects Sister Liz Shuler President
Today, the AFL-CIO Executive Council elected Sister Liz Shuler President of the federation to fill the vacancy left by the untimely death of Brother R...
July 9, 2021
Labor News
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Workers Defeat New Hampshire Attempt to Pass Anti-U...
November 19, 2019
From the Field
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Below are quotes from various APWU local an...
November 19, 2019
APWU Supports UAW Strike for a Fair Contract
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
November 19, 2019
Installation of National Officers Brings Message of Unity
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) The night’s theme was “Moving Forward Toge...
November 19, 2019
The Real “Norma Rae” Still Lives!
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
November 19, 2019
People Power in 2020
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) There is another very important election ahe...
September 17, 2019
50,000 United Auto Workers (UAW) Members on Strike Against General Motors
APWU President Mark Dimondstein calls on all APWU locals, state organizations, retiree and auxiliary chapters and members to support our brother and s...
September 12, 2019
On the Oregon Trail
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Notice I didn’t say “organizing” trail altho...
September 12, 2019
From the Field
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Below are quotes from various APWU local and...
September 12, 2019
Legislation Introduced to “Stop Wall Street Looting”
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) In July, Congressional leaders introduced ne...