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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...

Door-to-Door Success in Canada

May 1, 2016
Canadian postal workers and allies protest cuts in door-to-door mail delivery service. (This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Communities across Canada are facing cutbacks in mail service,...

Don't Drop the Ball

May 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) We’ve all heard the phrase, “I dropped the ball,” but none of us wants to be responsible for losing a game – or falling short of a big goal.    

EAP Offer New Web-Based Therapy

May 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Computerized Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CCBT) is the newest addition to the bank of confidential Employees Assistance Program (EAP) services that are...

Supreme Court Shake Up

May 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)   The changing composition of the U.S. Supreme Court will have a broad impact on postal workers and the labor movement as a whole.    

Postal Banking: The Antidote to Abusive Lending

May 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) One of the big topics in this year’s presidential election is the influence of Wall Street on our economy – from too much power in the hands of the big...

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