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Celebrating May Day 2025 - International Workers' Day
April 29, 2025
May Day, the annual holiday recognizing the international working class, will be celebrated around the world on May 1. We encourage APWU members to join our labor allies across the country at one of the many May Day events happening to combat the...
Remember the Past, Fight for the Future this Workers' Memorial Day
April 28, 2025
Each year, April 28 is a significant day for workers and unions worldwide. Known as Workers’ Memorial Day, it is the day to honor workers who die or are injured on the job each year. It is a day of action, reflection, and mourning for workers and...
Unions, Management Reach Settlement of Unions’ Privacy Lawsuit
May 24, 2010
The APWU and National Association of Letters Carriers (NALC) reached a settlement with the Postal Service on May 20, 2010, ending a 2008 lawsuit in which the unions charged the USPS with “systematic and widespread intrusions” into members’ medical...
APWU Urges PRC To Save Saturday Delivery at Memphis Field Hearing
May 19, 2010
APWU Assistant Clerk Craft Director Mike Morris urged the Postal Regulatory Commission to save six-day mail delivery at a Memphis, TN field hearing, testifying that the Postal Service’s proposal would “deprive citizens of their right to receive mail...
APWU Rallies Against Big Banks, For Good Jobs
May 17, 2010
Protesting corporate greed and big-bank financiers, APWU officers and staff joined hundreds of union activists at a rally in Washington DC on May 17 to literally shut down K Street and to shed light on the mess big banks have made of the economy.
Bills to Extend Health Insurance Coverage To Young Adults Introduced in House, Senate
May 14, 2010
The children of postal workers enrolled in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) would retain health insurance coverage up to age 26 beginning this year, under legislation introduced this month by Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Rep....
Burrus: USPS Postage Discounts Are Illegal, Self-Defeating
May 12, 2010
Postage discounts for major mailers are illegal and “self-defeating,” APWU President William Burrus told lawmakers May 12. Excessive discounts for corporate mailers who engage in worksharing “deprive the USPS of revenue that is essential to maintain...