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Reconciliation Legislation Passes - Attacks on Postal Pensions DEFEATED
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...
Privatizers Lay Out Their Plan for Destroying Public Postal Service
June 30, 2025
On June 24, the House Subcommittee on Government Operations held a hearing titled, “The Route Forward for the U.S. Postal Service: A View from Stakeholders.”
Working Together to Reduce the Arbitration Backlog
March 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
By Secretary-Treasurer Liz Powell
Presently, there is an arbitration backlog and the reason is simple. The grievances appealed to arbitration are...
Starting 2017 with a Bang!
March 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
By Industrial Relations Director Vance Zimmerman
I was never a more proud member of the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) than when news broke...
Unity and Activism - Key to Victory!
March 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
By President Mark Dimondstein
After a dynamic three-year campaign, we have won the Stop Staples fight! Postal management informed the APWU in...
Honoring Women's History
March 1, 2017
On Feb 27, 2017, The APWU National Executive Board adopted a proclamation to honor the women of the APWU throughout March, in celebration of Women's History Month. Click to read the proclamation...
The Great 1970 Mail Strike that Stunned the Country
February 28, 2017
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
In March of 1970, the United States had been in a financial and commerce standstill for two weeks. Tired of poor working conditions and low pay,...