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APWU Takes on Wall Street and Postal Privatizers
July 24, 2025
On July 24, hundreds of postal workers, labor allies, and members of the community took to the streets of New York City in a high-spirited rally to tell Wall Street bankers, billionaires, and anyone who wants to privatize our postal service that “...
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...
USPS Releases New List Of Stations Targeted for Closure
September 3, 2009
The Postal Service announced Sept. 2 that it has reduced to 413 the number of stations and branches currently under consideration for closure.
Union Refutes Wall Street Journal Editorial
September 2, 2009
It came as no surprise that a Wall Street Journal editorial outlining the Postal Service’s financial difficulties concluded that the USPS should be privatized, but since the column was riddled with inaccuracies, APWU President William Burrus fired...
Members Asked to Support ‘Union Label Week’
September 1, 2009
“Union Label Week” will be observed from Monday Sept. 7 through Saturday Sept. 12.
Studs Terkel: The Voice of Work and the American Worker
August 31, 2009
Late last year, the city of Chicago — and working people everywhere — lost a great voice when Louis “Studs” Terkel died at age 96.
For more than 70 years, the radio and TV host and prolific author chronicled the aspirations of working people in...
APWU Rebuts Myths About the US Postal Service
August 31, 2009
News articles often imply that USPS financial problems are irreversible, and that “hard-copy mail is destined to be replaced by electronic messages.”