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Recent Polling Shows Registered Voters Overwhelmingly Favor Public Postal Service, Expanding Services
May 8, 2025
In February, the APWU commissioned a national survey to better understand the public’s sentiment on the public Postal Service and attempts at privatization. Here are the key takeaways
PRESS RELEASE: Americans Overwhelmingly Oppose Privatizing the U.S. Postal Service, Finds New Survey from Democratic and Republican Polling firms
May 8, 2025
WASHINGTON – New polling shows that postal customers strongly believe that proposals to privatize the United States Postal Service should be marked “Return to Sender.” In a national survey of 1,402 registered voters, those surveyed oppose postal...
Is There a Union Meeting — Who cares?
January 23, 2020
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
Far too many local unions are not able to secure a quorum in order to carry out the functions of their membership meetings and fully represent...
APWU Members Instrumental in Achieving Legislative Milestone
January 23, 2020
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
With the achievement of more than two thirds support for the USPS Fairness Act in the House (301 cosponsors to date), H.R. 2382 has been placed...
Labor News
January 23, 2020
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
Amalgamated Transit Union Strikes Lead to Victory Against Privatization
On Oct. 24, over 120 members of Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local...
Solidarity in Finland Leads to Victory in Postal Strike
January 23, 2020
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
In August 2019, the Finnish government announced it would change the salary structure of 700 of its packaging and e-commerce workers,...
One Way to Honor Vets? Protect the Postal Service
January 23, 2020
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
This opinion-editorial (op-ed) by Detroit District Area Local President Keith Combs, reprinted below, was published in 15 local news...