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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...

Staples Rings NASDAQ Bell, Protesters ‘Ruin Their Day’

March 15, 2016
Stop Staples protesters outside the NASDAQ stock exchange. Stop Staples activists “ruined Staples’ day” on March 15, protesting in front of the NASDAQ building in Times Square, while Staples executives gathered to ring the stock market’s opening...

Contract Arbitration Update

March 11, 2016
Three more days of hearings in the arbitration for a new contract wrapped up on March 10.

Workers Want Answers in the Wake of Five Deaths

March 11, 2016
Over the past 14 months, five workers at Michigan’s Metroplex Processing and Distribution Center have died, and 480-481 Area Local President Roscoe Woods is demanding answers.

APWU Donates to CT-ALIVE

March 8, 2016
Northeastern Regional Coordinator John Dirzius (center) presents an APWU-POWER donation to Trish Thomas, president, CT-ALIVE The APWU made two donations to CT-ALIVE (Connecticut Alliance for Victims of Violence & Their Families) on March 6, at...

Older Americans Month Contest

March 8, 2016
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)  May is Older Americans Month. In keeping with our union’s tradition of observance, the APWU National Executive Board passed a resolution encouraging...

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