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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...

Labor News

November 6, 2018
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2018 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine)  Wave of Hotel Strikes UNITE HERE strikers in Hawaii Hotel workers represented by Unite Here locals across the country rose up in September in a...

Attacks on Federal Workers

November 5, 2018
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  By Industrial Relations Director Vance Zimmerman Recently our sisters and brothers who work for other federal agencies had their collective...

Open Season

November 5, 2018
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  By Health Plan Director John Marcotte This year’s Federal Employee Health Benefits (FEHB) Open Season is Nov. 12–Dec. 10. Now is the time to...

After the Mid-Term Elections Continue to Use Your Voice for What's Next

November 5, 2018
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  By Retirees Department Director Nancy Olumekor There is still work we must do to protect our federal pension, benefits and the Postal Service...

Court Rules Pain is a Disability

November 5, 2018
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2018 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine)  The U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans recently ruled that pain alone, without an underlying disability, may entitle veterans to compensation...

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