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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...

COLA Increase

August 16, 2016
Career employees represented by the APWU will receive a one-cent per hour cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) effective Sept. 3, in accordance with the 2015-2018 Collective Bargaining Agreement. The increase is the result of a slight increase in the...

Stop Staples Campaign Perseveres in Western Pennsylvania

August 15, 2016
  Members of the Western Pennsylvania Postal Solidarity Committee held a Stop Staples protest in front of a location in Uniontown, PA, on Sunday, Aug. 14. Participants came from as far away as Beaver County, PA, and Ohio. 

Candidates’ Online Statements Updated

August 12, 2016
Several candidates for national union office have updated their online statements, in accordance with Article 11.3.c.2 of the APWU Constitution.   To view the statements, click here and follow the log-in instructions for the Members Only section.

APWU, USPS Agree to Moratorium on Grievances

August 11, 2016
The APWU and the Postal Service have agreed to a moratorium on grievances, disciplinary actions and arbitration hearings at the national, regional, state and local levels from Aug. 15 until Sept. 9 due to the 2016 APWU Biennial Convention,...

USPS Third Quarter Financial Report

August 10, 2016
According to financial results released on Aug. 9, the Postal Service has earned $1.3 billion in operating profit so far this year, making this the fourth straight year the USPS is operating in the black. Operating profits in 2015 and 2014 also...

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