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2024 Scholarship Winners

August 9, 2024
The APWU proudly presents the winners of three scholarship programs: The E.C. Hallbeck Memorial Scholarship, Vocational Scholarship, and Best Essay Award for 2024!

2024 APWU Scholarship Winners Announced!

August 7, 2024
The APWU proudly presents the winners of three scholarship programs: The E.C. Hallbeck Memorial Scholarship, Vocational Scholarship, and Best Essay Award for 2024! 

Refinery Workers Strike for Safety

March 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)  On Feb. 1, for the first time in 35 years, the United Steel Workers Union (USW) announced work stoppages at oil refineries in five states to protest...

Democracy Initiative Aims to Take Money Out of Politics

March 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)  Alarmed by the increasing role of corporate funding of elections and the suppression of voting rights in recent elections, a coalition known as the...

Mental Health Workers at Kaiser Hospitals Strike

March 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)  “Mental health, not corporate wealth!” That’s the plea of 2,600 National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) mental health employees at Kaiser...

The TPP: A Secret, Dirty Deal

March 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)  A trade deal the U.S. is negotiating in secret with 11 other countries would slash labor rights; obstruct access to medication; degrade food safety...

APWU Joins "Government Works for America" Rally

March 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)  Members of the APWU endured freezing temperatures with their brothers and sisters from other federal and postal unions at a “Government Works for...

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