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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.

Don’t Sell Out Veterans by Selling Off the Postal Service

November 11, 2018
Today we join in honoring our veterans, including the tens of thousands of APWU members, both active and retired, who are currently or have proudly served. One important way to honor our them is to ensure they have access to the good jobs,...

Labor News

November 6, 2018
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2018 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine)  Wave of Hotel Strikes UNITE HERE strikers in Hawaii Hotel workers represented by Unite Here locals across the country rose up in September in a...

Attacks on Federal Workers

November 5, 2018
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  By Industrial Relations Director Vance Zimmerman Recently our sisters and brothers who work for other federal agencies had their collective...

Open Season

November 5, 2018
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  By Health Plan Director John Marcotte This year’s Federal Employee Health Benefits (FEHB) Open Season is Nov. 12–Dec. 10. Now is the time to...

After the Mid-Term Elections Continue to Use Your Voice for What's Next

November 5, 2018
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  By Retirees Department Director Nancy Olumekor There is still work we must do to protect our federal pension, benefits and the Postal Service...

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