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August 27, 2021
Alliance to Postal Governors: Stop the Slowdown
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Since its creation, members of A Grand Alliance to...
August 27, 2021
New Report Proves How Unions Raise the Bar for All Workers
(This article first appeared in the September-October 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) In April, the Economic Policy Institute (EPI)...
August 27, 2021
APWU Union Communicators Gather Online
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) On August 4-5, members of the APWU National Postal...
August 27, 2021
APWU, NALC and UAW Request Postal Board of Governors Respect the Right to Organize
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) On August 4, the APWU, National Association of Let...
August 27, 2021
2021 APWU Scholarship Winners
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) The APWU proudly presents the winners of three sch...
August 27, 2021
OSHA Releases New COVID-19 Guidance to Protect Workers
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) On August 13, The Occupational Safety and Health A...
August 27, 2021
Contract Negotiations Update
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) The APWU and postal management have now been engag...
August 27, 2021
And It’s Got Air
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) The Motor Vehicle Service Craft members who were a...
August 27, 2021
Women’s Health
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) It is important to take an active role in our heal...
August 27, 2021
COVID Vaccines: Fact vs. Myth
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) COVID-19 is deadly and is continuing to quickly sp...
August 27, 2021
How to Proceed When Considering a Merger
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) There may be various reasons why a local may want...
August 27, 2021
Grief Management
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) When I attended the quarterly meeting of the Denve...
August 27, 2021
The Solution to Resolving the USPS’s Delayed Mail Challenge and Building Back Better
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) On July 20, the Postal Regulatory Commission advis...
August 27, 2021
Surviving a Hurricane or an Earthquake
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) As I write this article, many APWU members are sti...
August 27, 2021
Update on Postal Service Reform Act
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) The Postal Service Reform Act of 2021 is critical...
August 27, 2021
The Billionaire “Space” Race is Built on Workers’ Backs
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) With great media fanfare, three billionaires, Jeff...
August 27, 2021
August 27, 2021
Contract Update
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) APWU Is “Locking Down” With Management On Septembe...
August 27, 2021
APWU Victory! USPS Ends Attempt to Change Union LWOP Rules for Political Activity
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) On July 9, postal management informed President Di...
August 27, 2021
For The People Act: Securing Voting Rights for All
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) If signed into law, the For the People Act (HR.1/S...
August 27, 2021
The Power of Organizing
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) I often hear some members asking why it matters th...
August 27, 2021
Labor News
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Nabisco Workers on Strike Across the Country On Au...
August 27, 2021
APWU Member Testifies on Service Standards
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) APWU member Brian McLaurin was asked to testify be...
August 27, 2021
From the Field
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Below are quotes from various APWU local and state...
August 27, 2021
Postal Banking Gaining Steam on Capitol Hill
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) There has been more activity around expanding post...
August 27, 2021
Postal Strike/50th Birthday/ Anniversary of APWU
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) On July 1, 2021, the APWU celebrated its 50th Anni...
August 27, 2021
Maintenance: 50 Years Later
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) In 1971, five independent and separate unions repr...
August 27, 2021
Changes are Coming in Mail Processing Facilities
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) In recent weeks and months, the Postal Service has...
August 27, 2021
Q&A with Bessemer, AL Amazon Union Organizer Jennifer Bates
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Earlier this year, workers at Amazon’s Bessemer, A...
August 24, 2021
National Maintenance Assistant Director “A” Jimmie Waldon Retires
National Maintenance Assistant Director “A” Jimmie Waldon announced his retirement in August 2021 after over 14 years as a national officer. Prior to...