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October 8, 2025
Private Sector Presentation Met with Warm Welcome, Overwhelming Solidarity
March 22, 2024
Albuquerque Truckers Vote “Union Yes” to Join the APWU
Drivers for Albuquerque Mail Service (AMS), a private freight company that provides contract mail hauling services in Albuquerque, NM, voted to join the APWU on Jan. 9, 2024.
January 8, 2024
Detroit Amazon Workers Organize for Respect with APWU
Amazon workers in Detroit’s DTW1 plant are working with APWU organizers for a real voice, power, and justice in the workplace. Read their origin story:
October 18, 2023
10 Roads Express Workers Say “APWU YES!” Again, and Again
Workers from 10 Roads Express in Capitol Heights, MD voted 14-4 to join APWU in the 6th successful union campaign in 2023.
August 30, 2023
10 Roads Express Drivers Celebrate Unanimous “Union Yes” Election Win in Richmond, VA
Drivers for 10 Roads Express in Richmond, VA voted 17-0 to join the APWU. The Richmond drivers are now the fifth 10 Roads Express location to unionize with the APWU since 2022.
April 14, 2023
10 Roads Express forced to reinstate union organizer after successful strike action
Drivers for USPS contractor, 10 Roads Express, in Peoria, IL, are celebrating the reinstatement of a union leader, who was fired just hours after they won their vote to form a union.
February 3, 2023
Columbus, OH 10 Roads Express Drivers Win Huge Union YES! Vote
10 Roads Express mail drivers in Columbus, OH have voted to join APWU by a blowout 57-21 margin. The ballots were tallied by the National Labor Relations Board on Jan, 26.
January 13, 2023
NLRB Charges 10 Roads Express for Violations of the National Labor Relations Act
On Jan. 3, 2023 the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) charged USPS contractor 10 Roads Express and specific named managers with multiple violations of labor law in a campaign against workers wh...
December 5, 2022
Union Power in Peoria: APWU 10 Roads Express Workers Strike to Defend Their New Union!
An exhibition of true worker power, solidarity, and courage was on display recently from 10 Roads Express drivers in Peoria, IL. After a swift union organizing campaign and an overwhelming union election victory with a 5...
July 9, 2021
Negotiations with USPS and Private Sector
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Negotiating new and successor collective bargaining agreements during this COVID-19 period has proved to be very challeng...
November 19, 2019
Hollingsworth Contract Ratified
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) On Sept. 11, new APWU members working at Hollingsworth LLC, a private-sector distribution company, ratified the t...
October 1, 2019
APWU Private Sector Members Ratify Contract
On August 26, 2019 APWU private sector members ratified the terms of a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the Des Moines Area Local and their employer, Mail Contractors of America.
September 26, 2019
Hollingsworth Members Approve First Contract
On September 11, 2019 private sector members who work at a Mail Transport Equipment Service Center (MTESC) in Temperance Michigan for Hollingsworth LLC ratified terms of an initial collective bargaining agreement (CBA).
April 22, 2019
Salmon Co. Drivers in El Paso, TX Unanimously Ratify Collective Bargaining Agreement
Drivers from the newly unionized Salmon Co. in El Paso, TX unanimously ratified the terms of their first Collective Bargaining Agreement. These APWU new members received most of the terms of the negotiated Salmon contrac...
October 4, 2018
Labor Rights are Human Rights
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Organization Director Anna Smith Breaker Boys in Pittston, PA 1911 We all have heard of human rights and we all...
March 1, 2018
Contract News
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Support Services Director Steve Brooks The year 2017 was busy with contract negotiations for the Support Services Di...
November 1, 2017
Contracts Ratified
(This article first appeared in the November-December 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Support Services Director Steve Brooks The Support Services Division ratified two of its tentative agreements i...
September 12, 2017
Salmon Mail Haul Drivers Ratify Contract
Recently, APWU members employed by Salmon Companies voted to ratify a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with the company. Salmon Companies is the largest ground transportation supplier to the United States Postal Ser...
July 12, 2017
Tentative Agreement Reached with Salmon Companies
The American Postal Workers Union reached a tentative collective bargaining agreement with Salmon Companies, the largest ground transportation supplier to the United States Postal Service. Truck drivers for the private-s...
May 1, 2017
‘Unprecedented’ Contracts
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) By Support Services Director Steve Brooks Negotiations with Pacific Architects and Engineering, Inc. (PAE) for our Mail Tra...
March 9, 2017
MTESC Workers Unanimously Ratify First Contract
New APWU members at the Mail Transport Equipment Service Center (MTESC) in Urbandale, IA, unanimously ratified an initial two-year contract... The contract will increase job security through the implementation of a griev...
March 1, 2017
Negotiations, Negotiations
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) By Support Services Director Steve Brooks We are hitting the new year running. We ended 2016 in the middle of contract n...
January 17, 2017
Contract Negotiation Updates
Updates on the current collective bargaining agreement negotiations for the IT/Account Services Group, PAE's Mail Transport Equipment Service Center and Salmon Companies.
March 1, 2016
A Good Contract for All
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) APWU members from all crafts have been busy with efforts to: raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour; stop the dirty deal...
March 1, 2016
A Good Contract for All
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) APWU members from all crafts have been busy with efforts to: raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour; stop the dirty deal...
July 1, 2015
Contracts, Contracts, Contracts
(This article first appeared in the July-August 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) “Busy” is the buzz word! the support services division is responsible for articles 40 and 41 of the APWU’s Collective Ba...
June 26, 2015
APWU Reaches Tentative Agreement for Private-Sector Drivers
The APWU and the Mail Contractors of America (MCA) have reached a tentative contract agreement for private-sector drivers in terminals in Des Moines and Kansas City. Union members at those terminals will have the opportu...
September 12, 2013
Private-Sector APWU Members at Salmon & Sons Ratify Tentative Agreement
APWU members who are truck drivers and mechanics working for Pat Salmon & Sons voted to ratify a tentative contract by a vote of 82-34 on Sept. 10. The new contract will affect 283 drivers and mechanics who are represent...
August 21, 2012
Rep. Danny Davis: If We Fight, We Win!
In an inspirational speech Aug. 19, Rep. Danny K. Davis (D-IL) urged union members to fight back against “evil-doers” who would destroy the Postal Service and send the nation back to a dark time when most workers had no...
July 11, 2012
APWU, OSHA Investigate Employee Death at Des Moines NDC
A driver for Mail Contractors of America (MCA) died on July 6, the day after he was run over by his truck at the Des Moines Network Distribution Center.