TISA: Another Secret Trade Deal Threatens Public Postal Service, Workers
May 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
A trade deal the U.S. is negotiating behind closed doors with 50 other countries threatens the future of public- and private-sector services, including...
May Day Celebration
May 1, 2015
APWU President Mark Dimondstein spoke at a celebration of International Workers Day sponsored by the AFL-CIO on the eve of the holiday. Although May Day – which originated in the fight for the eight-hour day in Chicago – is not officially...
National Day of Action Set for Thursday, May 14
May 1, 2015
APWU members are turning up the heat with a National Day of Action on May 14 – just one week before the union’s Collective Bargaining Agreement is slated to expire.
APWU members will hold events in cities and towns across the country, organized...
Contract Negotiations: Union Members Say it with Stickers, Flyers and More
May 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
Members of the San Jose Area Local
distribute flyers outside a post office.
Stickers and flyers and headbands, oh my!
As contract negotiations continue...
Shining a Light on Secret Money
May 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
Since 2010, the amount of “dark money” – campaign funds whose source is kept secret – has skyrocketed, thanks to the Supreme Court ruling known as...