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Postal Workers and Allies: Stop the Slowdown!

January 17, 2025
Stop the Slowdown! The Postal Service proposed plans to decrease service standards to the detriment of our communities. Here’s why hundreds of thousands members of the public are standing up and fighting back against efforts to degrade the country’s...

Our Labor History: National Strike Against GE and New York Transit Strike

January 17, 2025
This month in Labor History, we look back at two major strikes that shifted their industries: the General Electric and Westinghouse nationwide strike of over 800,000 auto and steelworkers, and the New York City Transit Strike which shut down the...

SEIU Votes to Boycott Staples

June 30, 2014
The ‘Don’t Buy Staples’ movement got a big boost this month when the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) voted to endorse the boycott. In a letter to Staples CEO Ronald L. Sargent and Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe SEIU International...

House Committee Votes to Keep Saturday Mail Delivery

June 27, 2014
The House Appropriations Committee passed an amendment to a funding bill on June 25 that would prevent the Postal Service from eliminating Saturday mail delivery. The amendment, introduced by Rep. Jose Serrano (D-NY) and Rep. Tom Latham (R-IA),...

Exposed: The Video the PMG Doesn't Want You to See

June 23, 2014
APWU President Mark Dimondstein takes on the PMG’s claims in a new video that every postal worker should see. Closed Captioned

22nd Biennial APWU National Convention Resolutions Now Posted

June 23, 2014
Resolutions that will be considered by delegates to the APWU 22nd Biennial National Convention are now posted online at www.apwu.org. Delegates will debate and vote on the proposals that will guide the union’s work over the next two years. The...

For Students to Win, Teachers Don’t Have to Lose

June 20, 2014
“On Tuesday morning, teachers across California got up, went to their schools and dedicated their day to helping students learn and grow. “While teachers led their classrooms, a judge in a Los Angeles courtroom said that for students to win,...

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