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17,000 AT&T Workers Strike Across Southeastern US
August 23, 2024
More than 17,000 AT&T workers across nine southeastern states walked off their jobs on Friday, Aug. 16, 2024. The workers, represented by Communications Workers of America (CWA), filed an unfair labor practice (ULP) charge against AT&T...
Statement from APWU President Mark Dimondstein on the Postal Service’s Proposal to Further Slow Mail Processing and Delivery
August 23, 2024
The American Postal Workers Union is deeply concerned regarding the August 22nd announcement from postal management, with the support of the Postal Board of Governors, that they are once again planning to slow down much of the country’s mail.
The...
On the Worker Floor: Stickers and More
March 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
As negotiations began, APWU members on the work floor expressed solidarity.
Across the country members wore stickers on opening day that said, “Good...
From ‘Collective Begging’ Collective Bargaining
February 28, 2015
March 2015 marks the 45th anniversary of the Great Postal Strike of 1970. The courage and solidarity shown by thousands of union members during the wildcat job action resulted in vastly improved wages and benefits.
Rose Schneiderman Organizes Garment Workers in New York
February 28, 2015
Rose Schneiderman was a trailblazer for workers’ rights in the Lower East Side of New York City at the turn of the 20th Century. She organized and co-founded several unions, was a friend and advisor to First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, and was a...
e-Team Report, Feb. 27, 2015
February 27, 2015
Congressional Support Grows for Prompt, Reliable MailUSPS Should Nix Mail Delays, Say Reps
The bipartisan coalition of lawmakers saying “No” to delayed mail is growing by the day. Since the end of January, 71 members of the U.S. House of...
Alliance Joins House Members to Protect Social Security Disability Insurance
February 27, 2015
On Wednesday, the Alliance joined Democratic Representatives Xavier Becerra (CA), Sander Levin (MI), Jan Schakowsky (IL), and Doris Matsui (CA), and allies in speaking out on a tele-press conference call focused on protecting Social Security...