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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 Sand...
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 pe...
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...
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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 T...
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, 2...
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 i...
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 Educatio...
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...
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...
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’...
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 Tex...
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...
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 201...
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 North...
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. The...
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 thei...
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...
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 Uni...
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 B...
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)...
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 Bec...
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...
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 th...
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 distr...
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'...
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 hurr...
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 Was...
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,...
November 1, 2017
24th Biennial National Convention Announced
The 24th Biennial National Convention will be held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on August 20 – 23, 2018.
November 1, 2017