AFL-CIO Endorses Campaign for Postal Banking
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
Delegates to the 2017 AFL-CIO Convention unani- mously passed Resolution 46, “Support Postal Financial Services and Postal Banking.”
Bank Closings and Lack of Confidence Point the Way to Postal Banking
(This article first appeared in the November-December 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
Way back in 1956, an article in the Monthly Business Review made a case for ending the Postal Savings System (see box). “It would seem that the...
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APWU Members and Officers Participate in CLUW Convention
The Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW) had their 19th Biennial Convention in Detroit, Michigan from Sept. 6-9. Over 400 union delegates from across the country attended, representing 27 national unions. CLUW is a national women’s organization...
Payday Lenders Trapping Senior Citizens
(This article first appeared in the Sept-Oct 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
Although the payday lending industry slowed in California in 2016, it increased dramatically among senior citizens. For the first time, seniors took out...