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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...
Commission Sharply Criticizes USPS Station Closure Plans
March 11, 2010
APWU Urges Members To Support Six-Day Mail Delivery
March 8, 2010
The APWU is asking union members to contact their U.S. Representatives and encourage them to co-sponsor House Resolution 173, which urges the Postal Service to continue to provide mail delivery six days per week.
Union Rejects USPS Call For Five-Day Delivery, New Business Model
March 3, 2010
APWU President William Burrus condemned USPS proposals to reduce mail delivery to five days per week, saying, “It would be the beginning of the demise of the Postal Service.” The USPS outlined the five-day delivery plan and other proposals at a...
RSVP for the Postal Strike 40th Anniversary Event!
March 3, 2010
Due to space concerns, reservations are now requested from union members who plan to attend a Smithsonian National Postal Museum program on March 20 marking the anniversary of the Great Postal Strike of 1970. APWU President William Burrus will be...
APWU Wins Important Maintenance Subcontracting Grievance
February 26, 2010
The union won a major victory against subcontracting Feb. 10, when Arbitrator Shyam Das directed the USPS to assign Maintenance Craft employees to maintain computers at approximately 8,000 of the nation’s largest associate offices. The arbitrator...