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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...

Call to Action at the AFL-CIO Convention

January 1, 2018
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Elizabeth 'Liz' Powell, Debby Szeredy,  Judy Beard, Vance Zimmerman,  Clint Burelson and  Omar Gonzalez at the AFL-CIO Convention The APWU was...

AFL-CIO Endorses Campaign for Postal Banking

January 1, 2018
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  Delegates to the 2017 AFL-CIO Convention unani- mously passed Resolution 46, “Support Postal Financial Services and Postal Banking.”

P.O. Déjà Vu is Not a Good Thing

January 1, 2018
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Western Regional Coordinator Omar Gonzalez The more postal changes occur, the more they remain the same - a mess! Mismanaged repeated schedule...

Change is Continuous

January 1, 2018
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Maintenance Craft Directors  On Oct. 17, we attended a national Tech & Mech joint committee meeting with the USPS. APWU Maintenance, Clerk...

The Postal Service & the DOT Physical

January 1, 2018
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Motor Vehicle Service Craft Directors  On Feb. 26, 1995, the Postal Service informed the APWU that to be consistent with the trucking industry...

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