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January 13, 2005
Miller to Chair Postal Panel
The USPS Board of Governors has elected James C. Miller III, chairman, and Alan Kessler, vice chairman, for 2005. “We look forward to working with the new leaders of the Board of Governors and to helping them serve the...
January 13, 2005
Miller to Chair Postal Panel
The USPS Board of Governors has elected James C. Miller III, chairman, and Alan Kessler, vice chairman, for 2005. “We look forward to working with the new leaders of the Board of Governors and to helping them serve the...
December 31, 2004
Sanitation Workers’ Strike Spurs Cause of Economic Justice
During a heavy rainstorm on Jan. 31, 1968, about two dozen Memphis sewer workers — all of them black — were sent home without pay. Their orders came from supervisors — all of them white — who were paid for their day’s wo...
December 31, 2004
Sanitation Workers’ Strike Spurs Cause of Economic Justice
During a heavy rainstorm on Jan. 31, 1968, about two dozen Memphis sewer workers — all of them black — were sent home without pay. Their orders came from supervisors — all of them white — who were paid for their day’s wo...
October 31, 2004
Sam Reiss: Eyewitness to Labor History
The photography of a dedicated unionist with an artist’s eye is now available online, in an exhibit sponsored by the Tamiment Library at New York University. The images captured by Sam Reiss, known to many as “labor’s ph...
October 20, 2004
Son of APWU Member Killed in Iraq
Pvt. Mark Barbret, the son of APWU member Angela Barbret, was killed in Iraq Oct. 14. The 22-year old soldier died after the Humvee he was riding in triggered a bomb that had been placed in the road. He was returning fro...
October 20, 2004
Son of APWU Member Killed in Iraq
Pvt. Mark Barbret, the son of APWU member Angela Barbret, was killed in Iraq Oct. 14. The 22-year old soldier died after the Humvee he was riding in triggered a bomb that had been placed in the road. He was returning fro...
August 31, 2004
The Evolution of the World’s Largest Postal Union
Postal workers will celebrate a centennial in 2006, noting the birth of a forerunner of the APWU, the National Federation of Post Office Clerks.
August 31, 2004
The Evolution of the World’s Largest Postal Union
Postal workers will celebrate a centennial in 2006, noting the birth of a forerunner of the APWU, the National Federation of Post Office Clerks.
April 30, 2004
Courage, Determination Forged Foundation for Chinese-American Labor
Like many others seeking a better life in America, the Chinese workers who helped build the Transcontinental Railroad in the 1860s suffered workplace exploitation and discrimination. And many decades would pass before th...
April 30, 2004
Courage, Determination Forged Foundation for Chinese-American Labor
Like many others seeking a better life in America, the Chinese workers who helped build the Transcontinental Railroad in the 1860s suffered workplace exploitation and discrimination. And many decades would pass before th...
February 29, 2004
Sweatshop Tragedy Ignites Fight for Workplace Safety
As women unionists struggled for better wages and working conditions, a tragic fire in New York City 93 years ago captured the nation’s attention and forever changed the course of labor history.
February 29, 2004
Sweatshop Tragedy Ignites Fight for Workplace Safety
As women unionists struggled for better wages and working conditions, a tragic fire in New York City 93 years ago captured the nation’s attention and forever changed the course of labor history.
December 31, 2003
Union’s Anti-Discrimination Stance At Heart of WWII- Era Transit Strike
For five tense days in august 1944, a renegade faction of Philadelphia’s transit workers brought the city’s 2,600 trolleys, buses and trains to a standstill. The wildcat strike – staged to keep Black workers out of highe...
December 31, 2003
Union’s Anti-Discrimination Stance At Heart of WWII- Era Transit Strike
For five tense days in august 1944, a renegade faction of Philadelphia’s transit workers brought the city’s 2,600 trolleys, buses and trains to a standstill. The wildcat strike – staged to keep Black workers out of highe...
October 31, 2003
Moe, Remembered
Feisty, fiery, irascible, crusty, blunt, and tough — all terms used on the national stage, and with regularity, to describe Morris “Moe” Biller, who died Sept. 5, 2003, in New York. Moe was described in such ways for mos...
October 31, 2003
Moe, Remembered
Feisty, fiery, irascible, crusty, blunt, and tough — all terms used on the national stage, and with regularity, to describe Morris “Moe” Biller, who died Sept. 5, 2003, in New York. Moe was described in such ways for mos...
June 30, 2003
Newspaper Union Survives 150 Years of Changes, Then All But Disappears
In the middle of the 15th century, Johannes Gutenberg combined his knowledge of molten metal with a colleague’s wine press to create the first publication to rely on reusable type. The German goldsmith’s invention of “mo...
June 30, 2003
Newspaper Union Survives 150 Years of Changes, Then All But Disappears
In the middle of the 15th century, Johannes Gutenberg combined his knowledge of molten metal with a colleague’s wine press to create the first publication to rely on reusable type. The German goldsmith’s invention of “mo...
April 30, 2003
Labor Organizing Changed the Hawaiian Islands Forever
The birth of the Hawaiian labor movement was a painful experience, marked by a number of failed job actions on the islands’ sugar-cane plantations over the course of 50 years. The largely Asian workforce learned bitter l...
April 30, 2003
Labor Organizing Changed the Hawaiian Islands Forever
The birth of the Hawaiian labor movement was a painful experience, marked by a number of failed job actions on the islands’ sugar-cane plantations over the course of 50 years. The largely Asian workforce learned bitter l...
February 28, 2003
Dolores Huerta
While almost everyone is familiar with Cesar Chavez, relatively few know the name of Dolores Huerta, the cofounder of the United Farm Workers Union.
February 28, 2003
Dolores Huerta
While almost everyone is familiar with Cesar Chavez, relatively few know the name of Dolores Huerta, the cofounder of the United Farm Workers Union.
December 31, 2002
The Alliance That Began With the Brotherhood
As the civil war divided the nation figuratively, transcontinental rail travel brought it together literally. The nation’s railroad system also brought together for the first time Black workers and the labor movement. Fr...
December 31, 2002
The Alliance That Began With the Brotherhood
As the civil war divided the nation figuratively, transcontinental rail travel brought it together literally. The nation’s railroad system also brought together for the first time Black workers and the labor movement. Fr...
October 31, 2002
Titanic Postal Clerks
In the 90 years since it departed England on its only journey, the R.M.S. Titanic has remained of unwavering great interest, with the focus tending towards its design or the actions of its many famous passengers.
October 31, 2002
Titanic Postal Clerks
In the 90 years since it departed England on its only journey, the R.M.S. Titanic has remained of unwavering great interest, with the focus tending towards its design or the actions of its many famous passengers.
August 31, 2002
Remembering Father George Higgins
From the California grape fields to the Kentucky coal mines, and in the halls of Congress, Father Higgins marched with striking workers, offered benedictions at union meetings, and tried to persuade politicians that work...
August 31, 2002
Remembering Father George Higgins
From the California grape fields to the Kentucky coal mines, and in the halls of Congress, Father Higgins marched with striking workers, offered benedictions at union meetings, and tried to persuade politicians that work...
June 30, 2002
A Look Back: Glen L. Howard
The early days of the union movement were difficult times for workers who dared to fight for better wages and working conditions, and we should never forget the hardships that many early unionists suffered in order to wi...