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May 2, 2019
House Committee Looks for Solutions for the Postal Service’s Finances
In an Apr. 30 hearing, The House Committee on Oversight & Reform (COR) examined the financial conditions of the United States Postal Service. The comm...
May 2, 2019
Legislation Calls to Repeal Prefunding Mandate
On Monday, Apr. 29, members of Congress introduced H.R. 2382, the USPS Fairness Act. This legislation would repeal, in full, the onerous prefunding of...
May 2, 2019
Change to Election Rules
A change has been made to page number 43 of the 2019 Rules and Regulations printed in the March/April magazine by deleting the paragraph referencing...
May 1, 2019
APWU Honors Workers Memorial Day
On April 28, APWU members wore stickers to honor Workers Memorial Day. The stickers had a simple but strong message, Safety is every workers right! If...
May 1, 2019
May Day – International Workers’ Day!
On May 1, workers around the world gather together to renew the fight for workers’ rights. It is International Workers’ Day, also known as May Day, th...
April 26, 2019
How to Participate in Workers Memorial Day
Each year on Workers Memorial Day (April 28), working people throughout the world remember those who were hurt or killed on the job, and recommit to t...
April 22, 2019
Salmon Co. Drivers in El Paso, TX Unanimously Ratify Collective Bargaining Agreement
Drivers from the newly unionized Salmon Co. in El Paso, TX unanimously ratified the terms of their first Collective Bargaining Agreement. These APWU n...
April 18, 2019
APWU Members Take a Tax Day Stand against Privatization
On April 15, Tax Day, thousands of APWU members and allies took to the street to spread the news that the US Mail Runs on Zero Tax Dollars! At more th...
April 17, 2019
31,000 Stop & Shop Workers on Strike in New England
On Thursday, Apr. 11, nearly 31,000 workers at over 240 Stop & Shop grocery stores in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut walked out, beginni...
April 12, 2019
APWU Launches New Ad – “We Deliver Almost Anything”
The lighthearted video below makes a crucial point – of all the many things the Postal Service will accept from the public, tax dollars are not one of...
April 9, 2019
APWU Enters Mediation
In our continuing efforts to get the contract the members deserve, the APWU invoked mediation on April 3, 2019 – sending a letter to the Acting Direct...
April 5, 2019
Get Ready for Workers Memorial Day
Each year on April 28 we observe Workers Memorial Day. It’s a day when working people throughout the world remember those who were hurt or killed on...
April 3, 2019
Join Us on April 15 for the APWU’s Tax Day of Action!
On Apr. 15, postal workers are letting the public know that the Postal Service operates with NO tax dollars. Contact your local or state officers to f...
April 2, 2019
What are the Requirements to Remain as a Chartered Local?
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Secretary-Treasurer Liz Powell Under the provis...
April 2, 2019
Secretary-Treasurer Powell Honored with World Peace Prize for Labor Leadership
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) On Feb. 5, Secretary-Treasurer Elizabeth “Liz” Pow...
April 2, 2019
Advocating for Postal Banking in the U.S. and Canada
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) As was previously reported in the American Postal...
April 2, 2019
What’s to Come in Interest Arbitration
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Industrial Relations Director Vance Zimmerman ...
April 2, 2019
Strikes, Shutdown and Service — Public Servants Rise in Defense of the Public Good
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Conventional wisdom suggested that the anti-union S...
April 2, 2019
APWU Members Trained to Take US Mail – Not for Sale Campaign Out to the Field
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Sixteen APWU members participated in a “train-thetr...
April 2, 2019
Clerk Craft Updates
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Clerk Division Director Clint Burelson Nationa...
April 2, 2019
Custodian Team Cleaning (CTC): Doomed to Fail
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Maintenance Division Director Idowu Balogun Beg...
April 2, 2019
‘Keep on Truckin’ Baby Again
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By MVS Division Director Michael O. Foster In earl...
April 2, 2019
Honored to be Serving as Northeast Coordinator
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) By Northeast Region Coordinator Ron Suslak On Jan....
April 2, 2019
From the Field
This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Below are quotes from various APWU local and state...
April 2, 2019
Your Rights after an OSHA Inspection
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Any employee has the right to file a complaint wit...
April 2, 2019
Chicago Local President Keith Richardson Honored with ‘Eyes on the Prize’ Award
This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Chicago Local President Keith Richardson was honore...
April 2, 2019
Kathy Danek Retires as APWU Auxiliary President
This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) At the beginning of the year, Kathy Danek retired a...
April 2, 2019
April 2, 2019
Anti-Privatization Resolutions Re-Introduced in Congress
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Legislative & Political Department Director Jud...
April 2, 2019
Stay Strong Going Into Arbitration
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Organization Director Anna Smith With contract...