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April 6, 2018
Oklahoma Teacher Strike
Taking inspiration from the grassroots victory of the West Virginia education workers, the teachers and school workers in Oklahoma are taking a stand for themselves and their students. They, as well as educators in Kentu...
March 28, 2018
Q&A with Our Revolution President Nina Turner
Nina Turner speaking at the 23rd Biennial National Convention on Aug. 22, 2016 in Orlando, FL Our Revolution formed in the wake of Senator Bernie Sanders’ ground-breaking presidential campaign. The American Postal Worker...
March 27, 2018
‘Let Them Eat Cake’
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By President Mark Dimondstein When the hungry people were demanding bread, French Queen Marie Antoinette was said to u...
March 27, 2018
Attend a Pre-Convention Workshop
The Research & Education Department will sponsor the APWU’s 16th Educational Conference, a National Convention event that provides union members with a wealth of information to take home to their local and state organiza...
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March 22, 2018
Contract Action Team Liaisons Appointed
Front (L-R): Janalee Banks, Wanda Harris, Ahlona Miranda, Angela Ellington Back (L-R): James Donohoe, Arrion Brown, Jennifer Lemke, Larry Guarnero To assist local and state organizations with developing strong grassroo...
March 16, 2018
2018 POWER Central Region Educational Conference Announced
The 2018 POWER Central Region Educational Conference has been officially announced! The conference commences promptly at 8:30 AM on Friday, May 18, 2018. It will conclude Saturday, May 19, 2018, no later than 6 PM. It w...
March 14, 2018
Huge Victory for West Virginia Education Workers
It was an inspirational show of solidarity. Education workers across all 55 counties in West Virginia – about 34,000 workers in total – said ‘enough is enough.’ Members of the American Federation of Teachers - West Virgi...
March 13, 2018
Building Our Future – A Challenge, A Priority!
On March 2, thirteen APWU members participated in a day-long focus group to test the curriculum being developed by Rutgers University’s Labor Education Center for the union’s ongoing efforts to build an APWU broad-based...
March 2, 2018
Florida Postal Workers Protest Staffing Shortages
On Monday, Feb. 19, members of the Florida Keys Area Local held an informational picket in front of the main post office in Key West, shining a light on the severe slashes to staffing and service that are causing mail de...
March 1, 2018
APWU is The Nation’s ‘Most Valuable Union’
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) The American Postal Workers Union was named 2017’s “Most Valuable Union” by the publication The Nation, as part of its a...
March 1, 2018
Bill Lucy Presented with Alston/Jones International Civil and Human Rights Award
(L-R) International Civil Rights Center and Museum founders Melvin “Skip” Alston and Earl F. Jones, Secretary-Treasurer Powell, Honoree William ‘Bill’ Lucy, and President Mark Dimondstein presenting the Alston/Jones Int...
March 1, 2018
It’s Time to Play Amazon’s New Hit Game, ‘Milk the Taxpayer!’
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) The following article by Jim Hightower (former Texas Agriculture Commissioner and popular activist) originally appeared...
March 1, 2018
From the Field
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Below are quotes from various APWU local and state publications throughout the country. All the publications listed are...
March 1, 2018
Labor News
L. A.Times newsroom workers celebrate their organizing victory.Photo courtesy of the NewsGuild-CWA (This article first appeared in the March-April 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) L.A. Times’ Newsroom...
February 22, 2018
President Dimondstein and Northeast Region Coordinator Dirzius Visit Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands
MVS Members and local officers of the Puerto Rico Area Local with President Dimondstein and Coordinator Dirzius. President Mark Dimondstein and Northeast Region Coordinator John H. Dirzius recently visited Puerto Rico a...
February 16, 2018
Working People’s Day of Action is Feb. 24
On Saturday, Feb. 24, workers will gather from coast to coast for a Working People’s Day of Action to demand an end to the rigged economic system. They will to stand together to fight for social and economic justice incl...
January 31, 2018
50 Years of Fighting: In Memory of Echol Cole and Robert Walker
AFSCME is having a National Moment of Silence to remember brothers Cole and Walker on February 1, at 1pm EST, and asked APWU members to join with their union sisters and brothers. Indeed, all workers deserve to be safe a...
January 17, 2018
Liz Powell Honored with At the River I Stand Award
(L-R) AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler Presenting the award to Secretary-Treasurer Liz Powell On Sunday, Jan. 14, Secretary-Treasurer Elizabeth “Liz” Powell was honored by the AFL-CIO Civil and Human Rights Execut...
January 1, 2018
Labor News
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) International Unions Denounce T-Mobile for Union-Busting During a UNI Global Union conference, a coalition of inform...
January 1, 2018
Call to Action at the AFL-CIO Convention
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Elizabeth 'Liz' Powell, Debby Szeredy, Judy Beard, Vance Zimmerman, Clint Burelson and Omar Gonzalez at the AFL-C...
January 1, 2018
Memphis Sanitation Workers’ Strike Anniversary
March 29, 1968 protest Photo by Richard Copley (This article first appeared in the January-February 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) This spring marks 50 years since sanitation workers in Memphis went...
January 1, 2018
Members in Action
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) (L-R) Virgin Islands Area Local President Becky B-Simmonds and clerk Mary Meyers who works at the general post offi...
December 22, 2017
Unpopular Tax Bill Passes
On Wednesday Dec. 20, Congress voted to pass a tax bill designed to reward the super wealthy and major corporations with more money. Despite being an unpopular bill opposed by hard-working families across the country, it...
November 29, 2017
Senate Tax Bill Punishes Working People
The Senate is set to vote on a disastrous tax bill this week, after their House counterparts passed a tax reform bill earlier this month. Much like the House plan, this bill would punish working families and reward the w...
November 17, 2017
Des Moines Area Local and BMC Protest for a Viable Postal Service!
On Nov. 8, APWU Des Moines Area Local and the Des Moines BMC Local (Iowa) held an informational picket in front of the downtown processing and distribution center to send a resounding message to postal management: Post...
November 13, 2017
Des Moines’ Postal Services Should Be Expanded, Not Cut!
The following is an op-ed by President Mark Dimondstein and Des Moines Area APWU Local 44 President Mike Bates that originally appeared in Des Moines' Register on Nov. 9. The United States Postal Service belongs to all t...
November 1, 2017
Union Family Comes Together to Assist Affected Members
(This article first appeared in the November-December 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) In less than a month, three catastrophic hurricanes made landfall slamming the south (especially Texas and Florida)...
November 1, 2017
Labor News Briefs
(This article first appeared in the November-December 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) ROCU members protest for One Fair Wage in Washington, D.C. Photo courtesy of ROCU Fighting for One Fair Wage For Al...
November 1, 2017
Fight for Working Class Unity
(This article first appeared in the November-December 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By President Mark Dimondstein "In Our Unity, Lies Our Strength!” “An Injury to One is an Injury to All!” These are...
November 1, 2017
24th Biennial National Convention Announced
The 24th Biennial National Convention will be held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on August 20 – 23, 2018.