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Looking Back: Black Workers Organize ‘Revolutionary Union Movement’
May 19, 2025
This month in Labor History, we look back at the Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement of 1968 - when over 4,000 Black workers who were fed up with racist policies organized a two-day strike at Chrysler’s Hamtracmck plant to demand improvements for...
Welcome and Gratitude
May 19, 2025
Health Plan Director Sarah J. Rodriguez expresses gratitude for members’ support of the APWU Health Plan, sharing excellent satisfactory rankings in payment accuracy, financial accuracy, and administrative accuracy.
National Day of Action Generates Extensive Media Coverage
November 15, 2014
Updated 11/19/2014 - The Nov. 14 National Day of Action to send a message to the Postmaster General and the USPS Board of Governors to Stop Delaying America's Mail! generated extensive media coverage. The events were sponsored by the four postal...
Denied Entry to ‘Public’ Meeting, Postal Workers Stage Raucous Protest
November 14, 2014
Approximately 250 postal workers and supporters protested loudly in the lobby of Postal Service headquarters after they were denied entry to a “public” meeting of the Board of Governors’ on Nov. 14. But they cheered wildly when APWU President Mark...
Reps. Cummings, Lynch Request Moratorium on USPS Service Cuts
November 12, 2014
Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD) and Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA) are the latest in a long list of members of Congress calling for a moratorium on reductions in postal service standards and the closure of mail processing plants.
The People Can Stop USPS Plans to Delay Mail
November 12, 2014
Appearing on the Ed Show on Nov. 11, APWU President Mark Dimondstein said "the people of this country have it within our power" to stop USPS plans to slow mail service and virtually eliminate overnight mail delivery. Postmaster General Patrick...
Dimondstein to Appear on 'Ed Show' Tonight
November 11, 2014
APWU President Mark Dimondstein will appear this evening on The Ed Show, which airs on MSNBC at 5 p.m. He will discuss events planned for Friday, Nov. 14, at more than 140 locations to protest the Postmaster General's plans to degrade service,...