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APWU National Executive Board Endorses Vice President Kamala Harris for the Next President of the United States

July 23, 2024
On July 23, 2024, the APWU National Executive Board voted unanimously to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris for the next President of the United States. One day earlier, the AFL-CIO Executive Council, where the APWU is represented by  President...

Maintaining and Retaining Financial and Election Records?

July 23, 2024
The Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA) requires labor organizations to meet basic standards and fiscal responsibility. These requirements pertain to financial reports and elections. Section 206 of the LMRDA requires the retention...

Keep the Clerk Craft Strong

January 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The Clerk Craft continued to grow with a net gain of approximately 5,500 new employees in the last year. Nearly all of this growth has been to...

Wells Fargo Scandal: A Labor Issue and One More Argument for Postal Banking

January 1, 2017
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) accused former Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf  of “gutless leadership” during a Senate Banking Committee hearing. (This article first appeared in the January-February 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The...

UNI Post and Logistics World Conference Endorses Staples Boycott

January 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The Stop Staples campaign has gone global. In October 2016, the UNI Post and Logistics World Conference passed a resolution, brought forward by...

Labor Unites at Rally for Social & Economic Justice and Equality

January 1, 2017
Hundreds of union members and allies rallied  outside of the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 17. (This article first appeared in the January-February 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)  Hundreds of labor union members gathered outside of the U...

NLRB Judge Orders Staples to Stop Handling U.S. Mail

January 1, 2017
Members of the Western Pennsylvania Postal Workers Solidarity Committee protested in front of a location on McKnight Road  in Pittsburgh, PA on Oct. 16.  All APWU crafts attended, along with letter carriers, retired mail handlers, and allies.  (This...

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