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Layoffs - Worst Case Scenario?

May 15, 2025
“You and your coworkers are the Union! No matter your political party, now is the time to protect America’s Postal Service!” – Western Regional Coordinator Omar Gonzalez explains steps we can take to defend the public Postal Service and preserve our...

Due Process, Your Union Right

May 15, 2025
Industrial Relations Director Charlie Cash explains due process, “one of our most important union rights. In the simplest of terms, it means you have the right to your ‘day in court’ to tell your side of the story and defend yourself if management...

Convention Endorses Hillary Clinton

September 15, 2016
(This article first appeared in the September-October 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) Delegates to the APWU 2016 national convention, representing a broad cross-section of the union’s membership, voted overwhelmingly to endorse...

'A New Spirit of Activism'

September 14, 2016
(This article first appeared in the September-October 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) Twenty-one hundred APWU members departed from the union’s 23rd National Convention in August uplifted, united and ready for the battles ahead.  

Tell Congress: Stop the Secret Trade Deal

September 14, 2016
Convention delegates protest the TPP  Please ask your representative to take a stand against this disastrous trade deal, which was negotiated behind closed doors. The TPP would increase the power of multinational corporations to dictate our future...

Hundreds Protest Dakota Access Pipeline

September 14, 2016
APWU officers and staff were among hundreds protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline outside the White House on Sept. 13. The pipeline would carry crude-oil across four states from North Dakota to Illinois – passing through sacred Native American...

The New Contract and the Health Plan

September 14, 2016
(This article first appeared in the September-October 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Here are some initial thoughts on how the new contract, which was issued on July 8, will affect the APWU Health Plan, postal workers and their...

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