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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...

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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