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Revealed: Musk Uses DOGE to Stifle Competition, Siphon Money into Own Pockets
May 20, 2025
Our tax dollars should be used to better our communities. But at the Department of Government Efficiency, Elon Musk is allocating funds to stifle market competition in areas that were once used to help his companies thrive. Read more:
Defending APWU Veterans Harmed by the Current VA Crisis
May 20, 2025
The Union Veterans Council, in partnership with APWU affiliate veteran leaders and veteran service organizations nationwide, will address the devastating impact of the Trump and Musk attacks on our veterans and their family members.
Connecticut Senators, APWU Denounce Consolidations
September 6, 2014
Connecticut Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy condemned USPS plans to consolidate two Processing and Distribution Centers in the state at a press conference on Aug. 27 and urged Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe to agree to a one-year...
AFGE President Seizes the Moment
September 2, 2014
At a training session sponsored by the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), the union’s president – a fierce supporter of the APWU’s campaign to Stop Staples! – collected 423 signatures on postcards to Staples CEO Ron Sargent and took...
e-Team Report, Sept. 2, 2014
September 2, 2014
Earlier this summer the Postal Service announced plans to close or consolidate 82 mail processing plants. On August 1st, the Postal Service published in the Federal Register a reduction in Service Standards, which makes their closure and...
The Real Norma Rae
August 31, 2014
Early On May 30, 1973, the J.P. Stevens textile mill in Roanoke Rapids, NC, fired 32-year-old Crystal Lee Sutton. Before Sutton left the plant, she climbed atop a table on the shop floor and raised above her head a piece of cardboard with the word “...
OIG Asks: Should the Postal Service Continue Its Consolidation Plan?
August 29, 2014
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) is conducting a poll on its ‘Pushing the Envelope’ blog to determine whether it should advocate for or against the Postal Service’s plan to resume consolidation and closure of up to 82 mail processing plants.