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An Update on the Social Security Fairness Act
July 31, 2024
The APWU has never stopped fighting to pass the Social Security Fairness Act (H.R. 82, S. 597).
Preventing Hearing Loss at Work and Home
July 31, 2024
Hearing protection is especially important for APWU members given the diverse and noisy work environments we encounter. The Industrial Relations Department is committed to ensuring that we keep you informed about hearing hazards and the precautions...
Reporters Unionize
September 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the September-October 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
On June 3, workers at New York-based Gawker Media became the first employees of a major digital media company to organize a union.
Journalists...
Big Wins for Migrant Workers, Thanks to Public Support
September 1, 2015
Western Washington University students at a blueberry picker
strike at Sakuma Brothers Farms in late June.
(This article first appeared in the September-October 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
Migrant workers across the country...
Secret Trade Deal Would Dismantle Our Postal Service
September 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the September-October 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
A trade deal the U.S. is negotiating behind closed doors with 50 other countries would dismantle our public Postal Service as we know it....
Secret Trade Deal Would Dismantle Our Postal Service
September 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the September-October 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
A trade deal the U.S. is negotiating behind closed doors with 50 other countries would dismantle our public Postal Service as we know it....
‘I Support Postal Banking!’
September 1, 2015
Activists protest payday lendors in Columbia, MO.
A May 2015 white paper by the USPS Office of Inspector General (OIG) concludes that the Postal Service can act now to expand and enhance existing financial services, such as money orders,...