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APWU Takes on Wall Street and Postal Privatizers

July 24, 2025
On July 24, hundreds of postal workers, labor allies, and members of the community took to the streets of New York City in a high-spirited rally to tell Wall Street bankers, billionaires, and anyone who wants to privatize our postal service that “...

APWU Launches National Ad; Warns of Price Hikes, Post Office Closures in Anti-Privatization Campaign

July 21, 2025
This week the American Postal workers Union (APWU) launched a national advertising campaign on  to alert the public about proposed plans to privatize the public Postal Service. The ad called “Memo” highlights a document sent by Wells Fargo Equity...

'A New Spirit of Activism'

September 14, 2016
(This article first appeared in the September-October 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) Twenty-one hundred APWU members departed from the union’s 23rd National Convention in August uplifted, united and ready for the battles ahead.  

Tell Congress: Stop the Secret Trade Deal

September 14, 2016
Convention delegates protest the TPP  Please ask your representative to take a stand against this disastrous trade deal, which was negotiated behind closed doors. The TPP would increase the power of multinational corporations to dictate our future...

Hundreds Protest Dakota Access Pipeline

September 14, 2016
APWU officers and staff were among hundreds protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline outside the White House on Sept. 13. The pipeline would carry crude-oil across four states from North Dakota to Illinois – passing through sacred Native American...

The New Contract and the Health Plan

September 14, 2016
(This article first appeared in the September-October 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Here are some initial thoughts on how the new contract, which was issued on July 8, will affect the APWU Health Plan, postal workers and their...

VOTE in the APWU Election of National Officers

September 13, 2016
(This article first appeared in the September-October 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Ballots for the American Postal Workers Union’s 2016 election of national officers were mailed to all eligible APWU members Sept. 10-15. The...

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