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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...
Youngstown Local Hits the Road
January 24, 2014
On a recent winter morning, members of the Youngstown Ohio Area Local visited a Staples outlet in New Castle, PA to protest the office supply company's efforts to open postal retail units staffed by non-USPS employees.
Supreme Court Hears Landmark Union Case Involving Home Health Care Workers
January 24, 2014
This week, U.S. Supreme Court heard Harris vs. Quinn, a case concerning in-home care providers who work with Medicaid patients, and their right to unionize. In response to high turnover rates and low wages amongst home care providers, 20,000...
Making the Point in Pittsburgh
January 23, 2014
Members of Pittsburgh Metro Area Local paid visits to the three largest Staples stores near Pittsburgh on Jan. 22 to protest the retail supply chain’s decision to open postal retail units staffed by non-USPS employees.
CA Locals Make the Rounds
January 23, 2014
APWU leaders in California recently finished visiting dozens of Staples Outlets near San Francisco to deliver the union’s message: Opening postal retail units staffed by non-USPS employees is a disservice to postal workers and the nation’s mail...
Is Staples Cheating Its Employees?
January 21, 2014
Is Staples guilty of chronically cheating its employees out of their hard-earned wages?