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Looking Back: Black Workers Organize ‘Revolutionary Union Movement’
May 19, 2025
This month in Labor History, we look back at the Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement of 1968 - when over 4,000 Black workers who were fed up with racist policies organized a two-day strike at Chrysler’s Hamtracmck plant to demand improvements for...
Welcome and Gratitude
May 19, 2025
Health Plan Director Sarah J. Rodriguez expresses gratitude for members’ support of the APWU Health Plan, sharing excellent satisfactory rankings in payment accuracy, financial accuracy, and administrative accuracy.
Bank Closings and Lack of Confidence Point the Way to Postal Banking
November 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the November-December 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
Way back in 1956, an article in the Monthly Business Review made a case for ending the Postal Savings System (see box). “It would seem that the...
From the Field
November 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the November-December 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
From the Field is a new recurring feature for the American Postal Worker spotlighting statements from APWU local and state publications on a...
Still in the Struggle
November 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the November-December 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
By Central Regional Coordinator Sharyn M. Stone
Postal management’s massive violation of Article 12 continues to have a significant impacton our...
Contracts Ratified
November 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the November-December 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
By Support Services Director Steve Brooks
The Support Services Division ratified two of its tentative agreements in August. First, the...
Labor Distribution Codes
November 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the November-December 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
By Maintenance Craft Directors
When we punch into work, the USPS time-keeping system tracks our workhours based on the operation we badge onto...