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17,000 AT&T Workers Strike Across Southeastern US
August 23, 2024
More than 17,000 AT&T workers across nine southeastern states walked off their jobs on Friday, Aug. 16, 2024. The workers, represented by Communications Workers of America (CWA), filed an unfair labor practice (ULP) charge against AT&T...
Statement from APWU President Mark Dimondstein on the Postal Service’s Proposal to Further Slow Mail Processing and Delivery
August 23, 2024
The American Postal Workers Union is deeply concerned regarding the August 22nd announcement from postal management, with the support of the Postal Board of Governors, that they are once again planning to slow down much of the country’s mail.
The...
Brochure Spotlights Union’s Legislative Goals
May 17, 2007
The APWU Legislative Department has produced a brochure that outlines the union’s legislative goals. “After more than a decade of focusing our legislative activities on the pros and cons of various postal ‘reform’ measures, the American Postal...
APWU Board Calls for Boycott of Circuit City
May 15, 2007
The National Executive Board of the APWU has voted unanimously to support a boycott of Circuit City stores, due to the retailer’s despicable treatment of its employees.
The NEB vote was in response to the company’s dismissal of 3,400 workers,...
APWU Member Killed in Combat in Iraq
May 14, 2007
An APWU member on his second tour of duty in Iraq was killed during combat operations in Anbar Province on May 5. Master Sergeant Kenneth (Kenny) Mack was 42.
House Bill Would Set Timetable for Consolidation Studies
May 10, 2007
A bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would establish firm deadlines for Area Mail Processing surveys and would prohibit the USPS from removing equipment or reducing the workforce in affected facilities during AMP studies.
Rep. Bart...
Mail Processing Staying Put in Western MD
May 7, 2007
The Cumberland Area Local’s anti-consolidation
T-shirt made its debut last summer.
The APWU was notified May 4 that the proposed consolidation of some mail-processing operations involving two sites 90 miles apart in western Maryland has been...