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Better Staffing, Better Service
August 2, 2024
A Grassroots Campaign to Improve Our Public Postal Service
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).
Consolidation Attack – We Must Mobilize!
September 11, 2014
When the USPS announced on June 30 that it would move forward with plans to close or consolidate 82 more mail processing plants, it was a declaration of war. Not just on postal workers, but on postal customers and on the existence of a public Postal...
Standing Up, Fighting Back!
September 10, 2014
Brothers and sisters: We are under attack from all quarters – Congress, Wall Street and the Postmaster General himself. Privatization is not a distant danger; it is a direct and immediate threat. A congressionally-manufactured financial crisis is...
New York Metro Fights ‘Relocation’ Smokescreen
September 10, 2014
An impassioned community turned out in force on Aug. 27 to a public hearing sponsored by the USPS about plans to “relocate” the College Station Post Office in Central Harlem. The message from participants was unanimous, said Flo Summergrad, a member...
Postal Workers, Teachers, Customers Take ‘Don’t Buy’ Campaign to Staples’ Home Turf
September 10, 2014
Opponents of a no-bid deal between Staples and the USPS are taking the fight to the Massachusetts-based company’s home turf. In August, postal workers, teachers and customers staged rallies in and around Boston, and they’re planning to conduct...
Postal Union Unity
September 8, 2014
Members of the APWU, the National Association of Letter Carriers and the National Postal Mail Handlers Union marched side-by-side in Philadelphia’s Labor Day Parade, Sept. 1.