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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.
Postal Banking Gaining Steam on Capitol Hill
August 27, 2021
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
There has been more activity around expanding postal financial services on Capitol Hill since the last edition of The American Postal Worker went to...
Postal Strike/50th Birthday/ Anniversary of APWU
August 27, 2021
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
On July 1, 2021, the APWU celebrated its 50th Anniversary/ Birthday. The APWU commemorated the event by giving a presentation via Livestream about...
Maintenance: 50 Years Later
August 27, 2021
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
In 1971, five independent and separate unions representing several thousand postal workers merged to become the American Postal Workers Union, AFL-...
Changes are Coming in Mail Processing Facilities
August 27, 2021
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
In recent weeks and months, the Postal Service has begun implementing changes to its mail processing operations, and these changes are apt to...
Q&A with Bessemer, AL Amazon Union Organizer Jennifer Bates
August 27, 2021
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
Earlier this year, workers at Amazon’s Bessemer, AL fulfillment center worked to unionize their workplace with the Retail, Wholesale and Department...