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September 26, 2017
APWU Members and Officers Participate in CLUW Convention
The Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW) had their 19th Biennial Convention in Detroit, Michigan from Sept. 6-9. Over 400 union delegates from across...
September 1, 2017
Members in Action
From L-R: President Joe Cogan, Vice-President Bill Martin, Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Legislative & Political Director Daniel Cortez and Director of As...
May 22, 2017
APWU Members Stand with CWA Strikers
APWU members from the Portland (Maine) Area Local stood in solidarity with striking CWA sisters and brothers at multiple AT&T picket lines throughout...
April 28, 2017
Join a May Day Event!
May Day, the annual holiday recognizing the international working class, will be celebrated around the world on May 1. This year hundreds of thousands...
February 1, 2017
APWU Celebrates Black History Month
January 15, 2017
Honoring the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
On Jan. 16, the APWU will join the country to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a dedicated champion for the civil rights and labor movements. Dr. Ki...
January 6, 2017
EEOC Issues Regulations on Federal Government’s Obligation to Engage in Affirmative Action for People with Disabilities
April 18, 2016
Democracy Awakening Converges at Capitol
Some of the APWU contingent on April 18. Dozens of APWU officers and staffers joined thousands of labor, civil rights, environmental and political ref...
April 18, 2016
Democracy Awakening Converges at Capitol
Some of the APWU contingent on April 18. Dozens of APWU officers and staffers joined thousands of labor, civil rights, environmental and political ref...
March 1, 2016
Augusta Thomas, Civil Rights, Labor Leader Honored
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Above: The original Greensboro sit-in participant...
March 1, 2016
Building a Democracy for the 21st Century
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) "Our democracy is under siege,” declares the webs...
March 1, 2016
Augusta Thomas, Civil Rights, Labor Leader Honored
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Above: The original Greensboro sit-in participant...
March 1, 2016
Building a Democracy for the 21st Century
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) "Our democracy is under siege,” declares the webs...
January 19, 2016
Liz Powell Honored on MLK Day
APWU Secretary-Treasurer Liz Powell with Reverend Al Sharpton. APWU Secretary-Treasurer Liz Powell received the Breaking Barriers Award at the Nationa...
January 19, 2016
Liz Powell Honored on MLK Day
APWU Secretary-Treasurer Liz Powell with Reverend Al Sharpton. APWU Secretary-Treasurer Liz Powell received the Breaking Barriers Award at the Nationa...
January 13, 2016
Honoring the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
On Jan. 18, the APWU will join the nation to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who dedicated his life to the fight for racial and economic justice. Th...
January 13, 2016
Honoring the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
On Jan. 18, the APWU will join the nation to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who dedicated his life to the fight for racial and economic justice. Th...
March 1, 2015
Democracy Initiative Aims to Take Money Out of Politics
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Alarmed by the increasing role of corporate fundi...