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17,000 AT&T Workers Strike Across Southeastern US

August 23, 2024
More than 17,000 AT&T workers across nine southeastern states walked off their jobs on Friday, Aug. 16, 2024. The workers, represented by Communications Workers of America (CWA), filed an unfair labor practice (ULP) charge against AT&T...

Statement from APWU President Mark Dimondstein on the Postal Service’s Proposal to Further Slow Mail Processing and Delivery

August 23, 2024
The American Postal Workers Union is deeply concerned regarding the August 22nd announcement from postal management, with the support of the Postal Board of Governors, that they are once again planning to slow down much of the country’s mail. The...

APWU Honored During 2021 Community Change Champions Awards

November 12, 2021
(This article first appeared in the November/December issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) On September 30, APWU ally organization Community Change held its annual Community Change Champions Awards, with the theme of “Rooted and Rising.”...

Negotiations Still Ongoing As Clock is Stopped

November 12, 2021
(This article first appeared in the November/December issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) On September 20, 2021, the Collective Bargaining Agreement was set to expire at midnight. As the deadline approached, the Core Negotiating Committee...

Support Postal Employees Impacted by Hurricane Ida and Other Natural Disasters

November 12, 2021
(This article first appeared in the November/December issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) On August 26, the 16-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana as a Category 4 storm. Behind Katrina, Ida was...

Puerto Rico Area Local Members Rally to Demand Safe Workplace

November 12, 2021
(This article first appeared in the November/December issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) On August 27, Puerto Rico Area Local members staged a rally at the General Post Office in San Juan, Puerto Rico, demanding that management address...

Postal Workers Are Always Essential

November 12, 2021
(This article first appeared in the November/December issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Your labor of love and survival has really made a difference to so many people over the last two years. Your job exposed you to COVID-19 – original...

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