United Mine Workers Adopt ‘Stop Staples’ Resolution
The United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) is among the most recent supporters of the Stop Staples campaign, adopting a resolution urging “members, friends, colleagues and family members to stop shopping at Staples stores until further notice.”
Marking 50 Years Since Selma
March 7 commemorates the 50th anniversary of the march for civil rights from Selma to Montgomery, AL, which was cut short by police brutality. The march galvanized the burgeoning movement for voting rights and was a catalyst for passage of the...
Social-Movement Unionism: A Much-Needed New Model
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
Unions were formed to defend workers and secure for them a share of the wealth they create. There have been labor unions in the U.S. since colonial...
UNI Congress in Cape Town: 'Ubuntu'
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
Two APWU officers – Retirees Director Judy Beard and Research & Education Director Joyce Robinson – attended UNI Global Union’s Fourth Congress...
Refinery Workers Strike for Safety
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
On Feb. 1, for the first time in 35 years, the United Steel Workers Union (USW) announced work stoppages at oil refineries in five states to protest...