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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...
Refinery Workers Strike for Safety
March 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
On Feb. 1, for the first time in 35 years, the United Steel Workers Union (USW) announced work stoppages at oil refineries in five states to protest...
Mental Health Workers at Kaiser Hospitals Strike
March 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
“Mental health, not corporate wealth!”
That’s the plea of 2,600 National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) mental health employees at Kaiser...
Democracy Initiative Aims to Take Money Out of Politics
March 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
Alarmed by the increasing role of corporate funding of elections and the suppression of voting rights in recent elections, a coalition known as the...
The TPP: A Secret, Dirty Deal
March 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
A trade deal the U.S. is negotiating in secret with 11 other countries would slash labor rights; obstruct access to medication; degrade food safety...
APWU Joins "Government Works for America" Rally
March 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
Members of the APWU endured freezing temperatures with their brothers and sisters from other federal and postal unions at a “Government Works for...