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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...

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...

Large Mailers Are Privatizing the Postal Service

January 1, 2018
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Clerk Craft Directors  Millions of Americans utilize USPS on a daily basis, yet the public desire for a Postal Service that serves the common...

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