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January 1, 2016
Canadian Postal Workers Win Big
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Thanks to the efforts of postal workers and t...
January 1, 2016
Fast Food Workers Walk Off Job in ‘Fight for 15’
Fight for 15 activists protested on Nov. 10. Courtesy of Victor J. Blue/Getty Images (This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue o...
January 1, 2016
Canadian Postal Workers Win Big
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Thanks to the efforts of postal workers and t...
November 3, 2015
Hartford Area Local, Allies Rally to Save America’s Postal Service
Hartford Area Local members rally with allies, including Sen. Richard Blumenthal (center). Members of the Hartford Area Local were joined by labor all...
November 1, 2015
Workers Strike Against Anti-Union Governments
Finnish workers protesting. (This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Protesting their...
November 1, 2015
Support Grows for Labor Unions
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) After years of declining strength and suppor...
November 1, 2015
Young Workers Play Big Role In Seattle Teachers’ Victory
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Seattle teachers picketed at every school in...
October 28, 2015
Maine AFL-CIO Joins Grand Alliance, Backs Postal Banking
Members of the Maine AFL-CIO adopted resolutions supporting two important postal issues at their 30th biennial convention on Oct. 22 and 23 -- in supp...
September 23, 2015
Postal Workers Win Support at ‘Fighting Bob Fest’
Front row: Madison Area Local President Bret Wersland; Chris Czubakowski, associate editor Milwaukee Area Local; JJ Johnson Heiss and Karen Deloof, Ma...
September 16, 2015
Rallying to Restore the Voting Rights Act
The APWU joined the NAACP, Democracy Initiative, and other labor and activist groups in Upper Senate Park on Sept. 16 for a rally to restore the Votin...
September 8, 2015
APWU Knows How to Celebrate Labor Day
Des Moines Area Local Steward Julie Kestel with daughter Mackenzie on a Labor Day parade float APWU members were out in full force this Labor Day, bri...
September 3, 2015
On Labor Day, Take Time to Reflect…
As people across the country make plans for Labor Day, more than 200,000 postal workers are fighting for a good contract and good service for postal c...
September 1, 2015
Reporters Unionize
(This article first appeared in the September-October 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) On June 3, workers at New York-based Gawker...
September 1, 2015
Big Wins for Migrant Workers, Thanks to Public Support
Western Washington University students at a blueberry picker strike at Sakuma Brothers Farms in late June. (This article first appeared in the Septemb...
September 1, 2015
After Strike, German Postal Workers Win Contract
(This article first appeared in the September-October 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) German postal workers on strike in North Rhi...
September 1, 2015
After Strike, German Postal Workers Win Contract
German postal workers on strike in North Rhine-Westphalia. (This article first appeared in the September/October 2015 issue of The American Postal Wor...
September 1, 2015
Big Wins for Migrant Workers, Thanks to Public Support
Western Washington University students at a blueberry picker strike at Sakuma Brothers Farms in late June. Photo courtesy of James Leder (This article...
August 31, 2015
A Century After His Execution, Labor’s Legendary Troubadour Lives On
One hundred years have passed since a firing squad at the Utah State Penitentiary executed Joe Hill at sunrise on Nov. 19, 1915. The renowned labor or...
August 21, 2015
Big Enough to Win!
President Dimondstein addressing the AFGE Convention. APWU President Mark Dimondstein addressed the convention of the American Federation of Governmen...
July 1, 2015
British Postal Company Axes Door-to-Door Delivery
Whistl workers, like the ones seen here, are now out of a job since the company stopped delivering mail. (This article first appeared in the July-Augu...
July 1, 2015
‘Stand with Postal Workers’
(This article first appeared in the July-August 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Alliance members Melanie Campbell speaks at the Wa...
July 1, 2015
Canadian Postal Workers Support National Day of Action
(This article first appeared in the July-August 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Our northern neighbors are standing with us in sol...
July 1, 2015
APWU Lends a Hand to Letter Carriers’ Food Drive
APWU members in Upland, CA, with bags of collected food. (This article first appeared in the July-August 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker maga...
July 1, 2015
Ralph Nader Dedicates Book to Postal Workers
(This article first appeared in the July-August 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Consumer advocate Ralph Nader’s most recent book h...
June 29, 2015
APWU Participates in Rally for Voting Rights
Arrion Brown, Nations Capital Southern Maryland Area Local, and Courtney Jenkins, Baltimore Francis Stu Filbey Area Local, gearing up to fight for Vot...
June 19, 2015
Tell Your Senators to Stop ‘Fast Tracking’ a Bad Trade Deal
Like the Zombie apocalypse, legislation that would “fast track” a bad trade deal has risen from the dead. Workers, environmentalists and other progres...
June 11, 2015
Postal Unions Oppose Fast Track
In a joint letter to members of the House of Representatives, the presidents of the National Association of Letter Carriers, the National Postal Mail...
June 9, 2015
Postal Unions Ask President To Designate July 26 ‘Postal Heritage Day’
The four postal unions have asked the White House to issue a Presidential Proclamation designating July 26, the agency’s 240th birthday, “Postal Herit...
June 2, 2015
The People Demand: Show Us The Text!
APWU Member Arrion Brown being barred from reviewing the text of TPP Trade Deal. If you want to know what’s in the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) tr...
June 1, 2015
Fight for 15 Pushes On
George Askew, president of APWU Local 181, along with workers at McKeldin Square. (This article first appeared in the July-August 2015 issue of The Am...