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March 10, 2005
List of Problematic ‘Leyman’ Trucks Released
The APWU in early March learned which USPS trucks featuring Leyman lift gates are being used and where they are being deployed. The USPS has been receiving parts and instructions from the manufacturer and has started mod...
March 4, 2005
Pat Salmon & Sons Cuts Off APWU Members’ Healthcare Benefits
Hundreds of private-sector mail-haul drivers and their families had their eligibility for health insurance cut off earlier this week by Pat Salmon & Sons as a collective bargaining agreement lapsed.
March 4, 2005
Pat Salmon & Sons Cuts Off APWU Members’ Healthcare Benefits
Hundreds of private-sector mail-haul drivers and their families had their eligibility for health insurance cut off earlier this week by Pat Salmon & Sons as a collective bargaining agreement lapsed.
February 28, 2005
APWU-Salmon & Sons Contract Expires End of February
The collective bargaining agreement between the American Postal Workers Union and Pat Salmon & Sons is due to expire Feb. 28. The agreement affects more than 500 private-sector mail-haul drivers represented by the APWU.
February 28, 2005
APWU-Salmon & Sons Contract Expires End of February
The collective bargaining agreement between the American Postal Workers Union and Pat Salmon & Sons is due to expire Feb. 28. The agreement affects more than 500 private-sector mail-haul drivers represented by the APWU.
February 28, 2005
Mother Jones
Although vilified by her detractors as “the most dangerous woman in America,” struggling workers all over the nation had a more affectionate way of referring to Mary Harris Jones: They called her “Mother.”
February 28, 2005
Mother Jones
Although vilified by her detractors as “the most dangerous woman in America,” struggling workers all over the nation had a more affectionate way of referring to Mary Harris Jones: They called her “Mother.”
February 15, 2005
Private-Sector Workers Prepare for Job Action
With their initial contract due to expire at the end of the month, more than 500 private sector mail-haul drivers represented by the APWU are preparing a possible strike against Pat Salmon & Sons in the wake of the compa...
February 15, 2005
Private-Sector Workers Prepare for Job Action
With their initial contract due to expire at the end of the month, more than 500 private sector mail-haul drivers represented by the APWU are preparing a possible strike against Pat Salmon & Sons in the wake of the compa...
February 3, 2005
Arbitrator Rules for Union In Major Attendance Case
An arbitrator has sustained the APWU’s arguments in two of three outstanding issues in a significant attendance case. In a ruling in late January, Arbitrator Shyam Das said that the Postal Service may not require an empl...
February 3, 2005
Arbitrator Rules for Union In Major Attendance Case
An arbitrator has sustained the APWU’s arguments in two of three outstanding issues in a significant attendance case. In a ruling in late January, Arbitrator Shyam Das said that the Postal Service may not require an empl...
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...