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APWU Launches National Ad; Warns of Price Hikes, Post Office Closures in Anti-Privatization Campaign
July 21, 2025
This week the American Postal workers Union (APWU) launched a national advertising campaign on to alert the public about proposed plans to privatize the public Postal Service. The ad called “Memo” highlights a document sent by Wells Fargo Equity...
APWU Arbitration Award Secures Grievance Rights for Separated Non-Probationary Employees
July 17, 2025
The APWU has secured a major victory for the rights of non-probationary employees who are discharged without just cause from the Postal Service to file grievances on those discharges and have them heard in arbitration, Industrial Relations Director...
Negotiations Still Ongoing As Clock is Stopped
November 12, 2021
(This article first appeared in the November/December issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
On September 20, 2021, the Collective Bargaining Agreement was set to expire at midnight. As the deadline approached, the Core Negotiating Committee...
Support Postal Employees Impacted by Hurricane Ida and Other Natural Disasters
November 12, 2021
(This article first appeared in the November/December issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
On August 26, the 16-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana as a Category 4 storm. Behind Katrina, Ida was...
Puerto Rico Area Local Members Rally to Demand Safe Workplace
November 12, 2021
(This article first appeared in the November/December issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
On August 27, Puerto Rico Area Local members staged a rally at the General Post Office in San Juan, Puerto Rico, demanding that management address...
Postal Workers Are Always Essential
November 12, 2021
(This article first appeared in the November/December issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
Your labor of love and survival has really made a difference to so many people over the last two years. Your job exposed you to COVID-19 – original...
APWU National and Locals Fight Back Against Consolidations
November 12, 2021
(This article first appeared in the November/December issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
In May 2021, the Postal Service released a list of 18 USPS facilities slated for consolidation, as part of their 10-Year Delivering for America plan...