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Layoffs - Worst Case Scenario?
May 15, 2025
“You and your coworkers are the Union! No matter your political party, now is the time to protect America’s Postal Service!” – Western Regional Coordinator Omar Gonzalez explains steps we can take to defend the public Postal Service and preserve our...
Due Process, Your Union Right
May 15, 2025
Industrial Relations Director Charlie Cash explains due process, “one of our most important union rights. In the simplest of terms, it means you have the right to your ‘day in court’ to tell your side of the story and defend yourself if management...
The Contract Fight
March 9, 2015
APWU Retiree Paul Felton of the 480-481 Area Local wrote the poem below.
As we negotiate our contract
Postal workers are under attack
They’re giving too much of our work away
And the mail we handle they try to delay
These issues will not be resolved...
Marking 50 Years Since Selma
March 6, 2015
March 7 commemorates the 50th anniversary of the march for civil rights from Selma to Montgomery, AL, which was cut short by police brutality. The march galvanized the burgeoning movement for voting rights and was a catalyst for passage of the...
King v. Burwell Supreme Court Case: Affordable Care Act Hangs in the Balance
March 6, 2015
Continued access to affordable health insurance for many early retirees is at stake as the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Wednesday in the case of King v. Burwell, a lawsuit challenging provisions in the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The...
e-Team Report, March 6, 2015
March 6, 2015
APWU Stands Firm with Allies – No TPP and No Fast Track
In the coming weeks, Congress is expected to consider a wrongheaded bill to "Fast Track" passage of the international trade deal known as Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). TPP would be the...
Bad Weather Doesn’t Rain on Eastern Region, Northeast Region CAT Training’s Parade
March 6, 2015
Training for the APWU contract campaign moved to the Eastern and Northeast Regions on March 4 in Atlantic City, NJ. Despite a looming snowstorm, more than 65 union leaders and activists participated.