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APWU Takes on Wall Street and Postal Privatizers

July 24, 2025
On July 24, hundreds of postal workers, labor allies, and members of the community took to the streets of New York City in a high-spirited rally to tell Wall Street bankers, billionaires, and anyone who wants to privatize our postal service that “...

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...

1,400 Warehouse Workers and Drivers in New York Win Raise After Strike

January 29, 2021
On January 17, around 1,400 members of Teamsters Local 202 who work at Hunts Point Produce Market in The Bronx, NY went on strike after management refused to meet workers’ demands for desperately-needed pay raises and additional health care support...

COVID-19 and OWCP Claims Workshop

January 29, 2021
At the direction of President Mark Dimondstein and in conjunction with the Industrial Relations Department, the APWU will be holding an information session for state and local presidents, their approved designees, and national officers on COVID-19...

Building on Our Success

January 26, 2021
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) 2020 was a tough year – on our health, our families and the economy. While the rich have ridden the pandemic to get even richer, unemployment,...

APWU Advocates for Prioritization of Postal Workers in National COVID-19 Vaccination Plan

January 22, 2021
On January 20, following the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th President of the United States, the APWU got to work pushing for the new administration to prioritize postal workers in its national COVID-19 vaccination policy. In a letter to the...

COVID-19 Vaccine Information

January 21, 2021
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound effect on all members of the APWU. Our families, our work, and essentially all aspects of our lives have...

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