APWU Knows How to Celebrate Labor Day
Des Moines Area Local Steward Julie Kestel
with daughter Mackenzie on a Labor Day parade float
APWU members were out in full force this Labor Day, bringing the message of Good Postal Service! Good Jobs! Good Contract! to people at parades, picnics...
On Labor Day, Take Time to Reflect...
As people across the country make plans for Labor Day, more than 200,000 postal workers are fighting for a good contract and good service for postal customers – more than three months after the APWU’s collective bargaining agreement with the U.S....
Reporters Unionize
(This article first appeared in the September-October 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
On June 3, workers at New York-based Gawker Media became the first employees of a major digital media company to organize a union.
Journalists...
Big Wins for Migrant Workers, Thanks to Public Support
Western Washington University students at a blueberry picker
strike at Sakuma Brothers Farms in late June.
(This article first appeared in the September-October 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
Migrant workers across the country...
After Strike, German Postal Workers Win Contract
(This article first appeared in the September-October 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
German postal workers on strike in North Rhine-Westphalia.
After a four-week strike, German postal workers have secured a contract.
Workers...