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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...

APWU Arbitration Award Secures Grievance Rights for Separated Non-Probationary Employees

July 17, 2025
The APWU has secured a major victory for the rights of non-probationary employees who are discharged without just cause from the Postal Service to file grievances on those discharges and have them heard in arbitration, Industrial Relations Director...

A Grand Alliance Goes to Congress

September 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the September-October 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) A delegation of representatives from A Grand Alliance to Save Our Public Postal Service took their concerns about postal issues to Capitol Hill...

NLRB Strikes Major Blow to USPS-Staples Deal

September 1, 2015
Protestors outside Staples headquarters in Framingham, MA, on June 4. (This article first appeared in the September-October 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) In a major blow to the Postal Service’s deal with Staples, Region 5 of...

'Post Office Guy' is a Civilian Champion

September 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the September-October 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Sidney Moss is a semi-retired clinical social worker, but around town in Northampton, MA, he is known as “the post office guy.” For the past...

The Fight for a Good Contract Marches On

September 1, 2015
The Wilmington Delaware/Malcom T. Smith Area Local made customized union shirts. (This article first appeared in the September-October 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The fight for a good contract is marching on! Union...

The Power of Mentoring Our Young Members

September 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the September-October 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Young unionists and activists at the Young Workers Summit, sponsored by AFL-CIO in March. Were you aware that over 40 percent of our workforce...

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