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It is Time to File Your Labor-Management Report!

March 11, 2025
March 31 is fast approaching! It is especially important that local and state treasurers file their annual Labor-Management (LM) report for the Department of Labor (DOL) by its due date of March 31. All locals must file an annual LM financial report...

Don't Panic, Organize!

March 11, 2025
“Big Fish” corporations and the billionaires trying to run our country have an open path to swallow workers whole by driving down pay and benefits and busting unions for profit. However, when we organize and stand together, we have the power to stop...

Staples Execs Get an Earful at Annual Shareholders’ Meeting

June 2, 2014
Staples’ board of directors got an earful on June 2, when they attended the company’s annual shareholders’ meeting in upscale Palo Alto, CA. Fifty APWU members and supporters – including students from nearby Stanford University – chanted loud enough...

APWU Condemns GOP Plan to Loot USPS to Save Highway Fund

June 2, 2014
APWU President Mark Dimondstein issued a statement June 2 condemning a proposal by House Republican leaders to raid the Postal Service treasury to shore up the Highway Trust Fund. “The proposal by House Republican leaders to use Postal Service funds...

AFL-CIO Endorses Staples Boycott

May 30, 2014
The ‘Don’t Buy Staples’ campaign got a significant boost on May 30, when the AFL-CIO notified the APWU it would support the boycott of the office-supply chain. The labor federation is comprised of 56 unions representing 12.5 million members.

How Do You Spell ‘Smart Kid?’

May 29, 2014
Congratulations to USPS Ft. Myers P&DC Clerk Craft employee and APWU Member Dan Williamson and his wife Kara! Their son Jacob is one of 12 finalists in the Scripps National Spelling Bee. The finals air May 29 at 8 p.m. on ESPN.

Clerk Craft Negotiates New Customer Care Center

May 28, 2014
A May 28 agreement between the APWU and USPS [PDF] establishes a new Customer Care Center (CCC) in Wichita KS. The new CCC will be located at the Remote Encoding Center (REC) site, which is scheduled to close no later than November 14.

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