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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.

Contract News

March 1, 2018
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  By Support Services Director Steve Brooks  The year 2017 was busy with contract negotiations for the Support Services Division. We negotiated and...

Management Has to Make Sense

March 1, 2018
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  By Southern Region Coordinator Kennith Beasley  Whatever we do in life, we must make sense in our interactions and conversations with each other –...

Americans Still Rate the Postal Service Best, Why the Calls for Privatization?

March 1, 2018
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)    Once again, the U.S. Postal Service has been rated most well-liked federal agency by the American public. A recent Gallup poll asked Americans to...

Here We Go Again!

March 1, 2018
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  By Motor Vehicle Service Craft Directors  To quote the famous New York Yankee legend Yogi Berra, “It’s déjà vu all over again.” As we prepare for the...

Our Week in Norman, Oklahoma

March 1, 2018
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  By Maintenance Craft Directors  During the week of Nov. 27 - Dec. 4, 2017 your Maintenance Craft headquarters officers traveled to Norman, OK for...

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