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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...

Letter Carriers Announce Contract Award

January 11, 2013
The National Association of Letter Carriers announced on Jan. 11 that a three-member arbitration panel has issued an award outlining the terms of a new collective bargaining agreement with the Postal Service.

IT/ASC Contract Heads to Mediation

January 11, 2013
APWU President Cliff Guffey has invoked mediation in an effort to reach a new collective bargaining agreement covering employees at four USPS Information Technology/Accounting Services (IT/AS) centers. Employees at the four locations have been...

Vincent R. Sombrotto, Hero of The ‘Great Postal Strike,’ Dies at 89

January 11, 2013
The APWU joins postal employees across the nation in mourning the death of Vincent R. Sombrotto, former president of the National Association of Letter Carriers.

Get Ready – The Fight Goes On

January 3, 2013
Congress’ failure to enact postal reform in 2012 means the legislative fight to Save America’s Postal Service goes on, APWU President Cliff Guffey is telling union members.

Addie L. Wyatt: Labor, Civil Rights Leader

December 31, 2012
Last year we bid farewell to an important advocate for justice for working families everywhere: The Rev. Addie L. Wyatt. Though not widely known outside Chicago, the diminutive, African-American woman made important contributions that “helped open...

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