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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...

The Union Election Process: Nominations

September 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the September-October 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Nominating candidates for office is a fundamental component of democratically electing union officers, and an important part of the election...

OSHA Slams Postal Service with Five Citations, $16,000 in Fines

September 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the September-October 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) After an onsite inspection, OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) slammed the Postal Service with five citations for violating...

Postal Service Fails to Meet Safety Goals

September 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the September-October 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) According to an analysis by the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC), the Postal Service failed to meet its own safety goals in Fiscal Year 2014...

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...

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