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Recent Polling Shows Registered Voters Overwhelmingly Favor Public Postal Service, Expanding Services

May 8, 2025
In February, the APWU commissioned a national survey to better understand the public’s sentiment on the public Postal Service and attempts at privatization. Here are the key takeaways 

PRESS RELEASE: Americans Overwhelmingly Oppose Privatizing the U.S. Postal Service, Finds New Survey from Democratic and Republican Polling firms

May 8, 2025
WASHINGTON – New polling shows that postal customers strongly believe that proposals to privatize the United States Postal Service should be marked “Return to Sender.”  In a national survey of 1,402 registered voters, those surveyed oppose postal...

Addressing Veterans’ Unemployment

May 1, 2016
Left Center Sue Carney, APWU Human Relations Director; Center Michael Michaud, Assistant Secretary DOL VETS, Center right, Will Fischer, Executive Director, Union Veterans Council, AFL-CIO. (This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of ...

Steelworkers Ratify Contract After Six-Month Lockout

May 1, 2016
USW members picket the mill in Brackenridge after ATI locked them out. After a six-month lockout, 2,200 members of the United Steelworkers Union (USW) at specialty steelmaker Allegheny Technologies, Inc. (ATI) have ratified a four-year contract at...

Staples Rings NASDAQ Bell, Protesters 'Ruin Their Day'

May 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Activists crashed Staples’ party on March 15, protesting in front of the NASDAQ building in Times Square, while company executives gathered to ring the...

Right-Sizing Your Health Insurance

May 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Retirees frequently search for ways to cut expenses. Recently, many have asked if you can still switch your coverage under the Federal Employees Health...

Zika Virus Alert

May 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) As Americans begin exploring vacation options, it’s likely that alarming reports regarding the Zika virus are causing concern.

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