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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.
Dispute Filed Over Failure to Implement the MOU re: Electronic Access
The APWU has initiated a national dispute over whether the Postal Service's failure to reach agreement on the means to provide access to APWU representatives for electronic inspection and review of documents, files and other records necessary for...
Leaders in Washington Pushing to Strengthen and Expand Social Security
In a sign that the push to expand Social Security is continuing to build support, on Wednesday Senators Mark Begich (D-AK) and Patty Murray (D-WA) introduced the Retirement and Income Security Enhancements (RAISE) Act. The RAISE Act would enhance...
Union Appeals APPS Installation Subcontracting to Arbitration
On Nov. 3, 2009, the APWU appealed to arbitration a national-level interpretive dispute protesting management’s decision to subcontract the installation of APPS (Automated Package Processing System) machines. The union asserts that the Postal...
APWU Presses Fight to Keep Retail Units Open
With the number of USPS stations and branches under consideration for closure still in flux, the APWU continues to lead community-based drives to keep retail units open. The Postal Service first announced in May that more than 3,200 stations and...
Say ‘No’ to Social Security Cuts
As the fight to stop post office closures and protect jobs remain our top priority, the fight to protect Social Security continues. Three of the 12 members of the congressional “Super Committee” that has been assigned the task of reducing the...