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2025 APWU Scholarship Winners Announced!

July 9, 2025
The APWU proudly presents the winners of three scholarship programs: The E.C. Hallbeck Memorial Scholarship, Vocational Scholarship, and Best Essay Award for 2025! 

Reconciliation Legislation Passes

July 3, 2025
On July 3, Trump's tax-and-spending reconciliation bill (H.R. 1) passed by narrow margins in the House and Senate, giving $4.5 trillion in tax cuts to the ultra-wealthy paid for by the working class. While we successfully fought off the threats most...

Labor News Briefs

September 1, 2017
Workers march in Los Angeles during a 2015 Fight for $15 protest.  SEIU Local 99/Flickr Creative Commons (This article first appeared in the Sept-Oct 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  Minimum Wage Raised  Voters in several states...

Thinking Outside the Box: Bargaining for the Common Good

September 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the Sept-Oct 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  US Mail is NOT for Sale! All over the country, public sector unions and their community allies are beginning to think outside the box when it comes to...

Payday Lenders Trapping Senior Citizens

September 1, 2017
(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...

Members in Action

September 1, 2017
From L-R: President Joe Cogan, Vice-President Bill Martin, Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Legislative & Political Director Daniel Cortez and Director of Associate Offices Verna Mathews. (This article first appeared in the Sept-Oct 2017 issue of the...

Assault on Jobs

September 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the Sept-Oct 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Eastern Regional Coordinator Mike Gallagher  Baltimore Francis “Stu” Filbey Area Local Clerk Director Gloria Drake at the local’s protest against USPS...

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