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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...
California Teachers Association and Washington DC, Indiana, Sacramento Labor Councils Sign On
June 19, 2014
The California Teachers Association and several other labor organizations have joined the Stop Staples campaign.
APWU Opens ‘Stop Staples’ Front in Pittsburgh
June 18, 2014
The APWU opened another front in the campaign to Stop Staples with a protest in Pittsburgh on June 17. The city is one of four tests sites for the program that established postal counters in more than 82 of the company’s office-supply stores –...
PMG Endorses Highway Budget Scam
June 16, 2014
The Postmaster General’s latest act of treachery is so outrageous it’s hard to believe.
Last week, he endorsed a budget scam that would eliminate Saturday mail delivery and hand over the alleged “savings” to the Highway Trust Fund.
SEIU 32BJ, San Francisco Labor Council Join ‘Stop Staples’ Movement
June 13, 2014
SEIU 32BJ, representing 145,000 union members in 11 states and the District of Columbia, is boycotting all Staples retail stores in the U.S., Staples.com and Staples Advantage, as well as all Staples branded proprietary products.
ALSO: San Francisco...
Potential Participants in Class-Action Settlement Should Exercise Caution, APWU Warns
June 13, 2014
APWU members who are potential participants in the settlement of a class-action discrimination case against the Postal Service must make a decision by June 19, but they should exercise caution in doing so, warns Human Relations Director Sue Carney.