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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...

We Were Built for Times Like This

November 17, 2020
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) I want to take this opportunity to say thank you to the postal heroes who are working on the front lines daily, continuing to provide much-...

Detroit District Area Local Issues Proclamation to Stand for Democracy

November 17, 2020
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Below is a reprint of a proclamation by the Detroit District Area Local published in October. The Baltimore Francis ‘Stu’ Filbey Area Local and...

At ODDS with USPS on DOT Changes

November 17, 2020
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) The APWU disagrees with the USPS on recent changes to the Department of Transportation (DOT) Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) physicals, and...

Delivering Democracy: Election Mail Committees are a Major Success

November 17, 2020
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) During the 2020 General Election cycle, the APWU joined a Postal Service national level task force to help guarantee that election mail was...

National Support Technicians ET 11 LMOU Negotiation

November 17, 2020
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)   The Local Memorandum of Understanding (LMOU) below was discussed and developed by the APWU and USPS pursuant to the 2015 National Agreement,...

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