Building a Democracy for the 21st Century
March 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
"Our democracy is under siege,” declares the website of the Democracy Initiative. The group is dedicated to ending the unprecedented influence of...
India Will Implement Postal Banking To Better Serve Remote Residents
March 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
India Post is planning to implement postal banking later this year, in order to better serve residents in rural and remote areas.
As part of the plan...
APWU Joins Democracy Initiative
February 29, 2016
Five years ago the “Citizens United” Supreme Court ruling unleashed unlimited, and often secret, corporate cash into the political process and elections. Now just 158 families will contribute over 50 percent of the billions being spent on the 2016...
APWU Joins Democracy Initiative
February 29, 2016
Five years after the “Citizens United” Supreme Court ruling unleashed unlimited and often secret corporate cash into the political process and elections, and with voter suppression on the rise, the APWU has joined the “Democracy Initiative,” a...
Women Workers Defy Their Boss and Win a Union
February 29, 2016
New York Congresswoman Bella Abzug, right foreground, walks a picket
line supporting striking Farah workers in Houston on Feb. 10, 1973.
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
Factory...