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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...

Wells Fargo Scandal: A Labor Issue and One More Argument for Postal Banking

January 1, 2017
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) accused former Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf  of “gutless leadership” during a Senate Banking Committee hearing. (This article first appeared in the January-February 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The...

UNI Post and Logistics World Conference Endorses Staples Boycott

January 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The Stop Staples campaign has gone global. In October 2016, the UNI Post and Logistics World Conference passed a resolution, brought forward by...

Labor Unites at Rally for Social & Economic Justice and Equality

January 1, 2017
Hundreds of union members and allies rallied  outside of the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 17. (This article first appeared in the January-February 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)  Hundreds of labor union members gathered outside of the U...

A Grand Alliance Goes to Farm Aid

January 1, 2017
AGA advocates speaking with Farm Aid concertgoers.  Over one hundred attendees signed the pledge to  ‘Save our Public Postal Service.’  Sign the pledge today at agrandalliance.org/pledge. (This article first appeared in the January-February 2017...

NLRB Judge Orders Staples to Stop Handling U.S. Mail

January 1, 2017
Members of the Western Pennsylvania Postal Workers Solidarity Committee protested in front of a location on McKnight Road  in Pittsburgh, PA on Oct. 16.  All APWU crafts attended, along with letter carriers, retired mail handlers, and allies.  (This...

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