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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...

It is Time to Collect on the 2010 Collective Bargaining Agreement!

March 17, 2020
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) In the 2010 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) between the United States Postal Service (USPS) and the American Postal Workers Union (APWU),...

April 28 is Workers Memorial Day

March 17, 2020
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Every year on April 28, workers and their organizations come together to remember those who have died, been injured, or contracted an occupational...

Senators Receive the Message – Fix the Prefunding Debacle

March 17, 2020
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Thousands of APWU members again stepped up to join the U.S. Mail: Not for Sale campaign’s nationwide phone action on Tuesday, February 25, to tell the...

APWU Again Preserves Pay Increases and Job Security

March 17, 2020
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) We have a new contract! With Arbitrator Goldberg’s award in early March 2020, our collective bargaining agreement is now set.

Keeping Control of Local Finances

March 17, 2020
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) One of the ways locals can ensure compliance with the Department of Labor (DOL) and safeguard union assets by promoting transparency and...

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