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Looking Back: Black Workers Organize ‘Revolutionary Union Movement’
May 19, 2025
This month in Labor History, we look back at the Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement of 1968 - when over 4,000 Black workers who were fed up with racist policies organized a two-day strike at Chrysler’s Hamtracmck plant to demand improvements for...
Welcome and Gratitude
May 19, 2025
Health Plan Director Sarah J. Rodriguez expresses gratitude for members’ support of the APWU Health Plan, sharing excellent satisfactory rankings in payment accuracy, financial accuracy, and administrative accuracy.
The Labor Movement: Time for a New Day
July 23, 2014
Nearly two hundred members gathered Sunday afternoon at the 22nd Biennial National Convention in Chicago, IL for an inspiring and lively program organized by Retiree Director Judy Beard, that included talks by four panelists interspersed with...
Maintenance Craft Debates Settlement
July 23, 2014
Maintenance delegates gathered at a pre-convention conference in Chicago to discuss a major settlement that resolves a long-standing dispute over custodial staffing and results in the conversion to career of all Maintenance Craft Postal Support...
Delegates Debate Bargaining Resolutions
July 23, 2014
Delegates to the APWU’s 22nd Biennial National Convention got down to business on the convention’s opening day, debating and voting on resolutions submitted to the Labor-Management Committee.
‘Fighting for our Survival’
July 23, 2014
“We’re fighting for our lives, fighting for our very survival” said Motor Vehicle Director Michael Foster on Saturday, July 19 in his report at the opening of the MVS Craft Conference in Chicago. “Contracting out of Postal Vehicle Services (PVS) and...
‘The U.S. Mail Is Not for Sale’
July 23, 2014
Thousands of convention delegates and postal supporters, including leaders of the Chicago Teachers Union, protested the privatization of the USPS at a Staples store in the Chicago Loop on Tuesday.