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APWU Takes on Wall Street and Postal Privatizers
July 24, 2025
On July 24, hundreds of postal workers, labor allies, and members of the community took to the streets of New York City in a high-spirited rally to tell Wall Street bankers, billionaires, and anyone who wants to privatize our postal service that “...
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...
e-Team Report, Sept. 15, 2014
September 15, 2014
The ongoing effort by APWU and our partners to block destructive cuts to America’s mail service has recently gained a powerful ally. On Thursday, September 4th, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) added his name to the list of senators...
Seniors Increasingly Struggle to Pay Back Educational Loans
September 12, 2014
Watsonville, California resident Rosemary Anderson testified in Washington on Wednesday before the Senate Aging Committee’s hearing on older Americans and student loan debt. “Some may think of student loan debt as just a young person's problem,"...
PMG ‘Wanted’ in Salt Lake City
September 11, 2014
If Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe thought his speech to a group of business mailers in Salt Lake City on Sept. 10 was going to be a quiet, uneventful affair, he was mistaken.
A coalition of unions and postal customers showed up outside the Grand...
The PMG’s Trumpeted Attack – Forewarned is Forearmed
September 11, 2014
The Postmaster General’s Federal Register announcement makes management’s intent to impose more consolidations and cuts crystal clear. Even if we succeed in our legislative efforts, the USPS Board of Governors will plow ahead with their strategic...
At the Top of Their Game
September 11, 2014
Snce January, the APWU has signed up more than 6,300 new members. The commitment to organizing is growing, but we still have a long road ahead. Although excessing, downsizing and consolidations have hurt membership, some locals have maintained or...