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Help Stamp Out Hunger – Saturday, May 10, 2025
May 7, 2025
We encourage your participation in the annual NALC Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive taking place on Saturday, May 10.
APWU Leadership Institute Class Three Applications Open Until June 13, 2025!
May 2, 2025
Applications for the APWU Leadership Institute - Class Three are now open through June 13, 2025.
APWU, USPS Reach Agreement on Workers Displaced by Katrina
September 29, 2005
The APWU and USPS have reached an agreement on procedures for assigning employees impacted by Hurricane Katrina, union President William Burrus has announced. A Memorandum of Understanding, signed by Burrus and the USPS Vice President for Labor...
Reaching Out to Postal Workers, Other Hurricane Katrina Victims
September 8, 2005
APWU members are joining together to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina, which included thousands of postal workers and their families.
The APWU is urging union members to make contributions to the Postal Employees’ Relief Fund (PERF), a...
Private-Sector Workers Turn Back Decertification Effort
September 2, 2005
By a vote of 60-25, APWU-represented motor vehicle operators at a private-sector mail-haul operation in Kansas City have rejected a union decertification effort.

Not Always a Smooth Ride
August 31, 2005
Mail transportation took the obvious route when the Continental Congress founded our nation’s postal system in 1775. The horse and rider — and maybe the occasional “buggy” — were the main features of the system for decades.
Hurricane Katrina Safety and Health Update
August 25, 2005
Safety and health in the wake of a natural disaster is a major concern. The storm and subsequent flooding in Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana has and will continue to place postal workers in dangerous environments for many month to come...