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News Article | May 10, 2022
Support the 30th Annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive on May 14
The 30th annual National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive is taking place on Saturday, May 14. Since its inception, the NALC food drive has donated over 1.8 billion pounds of food to families in need.
News Article | November 23, 2021
Workers Are Standing Up
(This article first appeared in the November/December issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Greetings postal heroes! Postal workers, nurses and medical personnel, meatpackers, farmworkers, transit workers, truck and delivery drivers, cashiers, EMS and firefighters, sanitation, warehouse, uti...
News Article | November 19, 2021
John Deere Workers Win Strong New Contract Following Militant Strike Action
On November 17, over 10,000 John Deere workers, unionized with the United Auto Workers (UAW), brought their month-long strike to an end, voting to ratify a strong new contract that preserves benefits, includes large pay raises and bonuses, and stopped management’s attempts to institute a new tier an...
News Article | November 12, 2021
APWU Honored During 2021 Community Change Champions Awards
(This article first appeared in the November/December issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) On September 30, APWU ally organization Community Change held its annual Community Change Champions Awards, with the theme of “Rooted and Rising.” The 2021 awards, held virtually due to the pandemic,...
News Article | November 12, 2021
Support Postal Employees Impacted by Hurricane Ida and Other Natural Disasters
(This article first appeared in the November/December issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) On August 26, the 16-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana as a Category 4 storm. Behind Katrina, Ida was the second most intense and damaging hurricane to hi...
News Article | November 12, 2021
Puerto Rico Area Local Members Rally to Demand Safe Workplace
(This article first appeared in the November/December issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) On August 27, Puerto Rico Area Local members staged a rally at the General Post Office in San Juan, Puerto Rico, demanding that management address the post office’s unacceptable structural issues that...
News Article | August 27, 2021
Labor News
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Nabisco Workers on Strike Across the Country On August 10, 200 workers at a Nabisco bakery in Portland, OR, represented by Bakers, Confectioners, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union...
News Article | August 27, 2021
Q&A with Bessemer, AL Amazon Union Organizer Jennifer Bates
(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 Store Union (RWDSU). While the initial vote came up...
News Article | July 9, 2021
Labor News
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Workers Defeat New Hampshire Attempt to Pass Anti-Union “Right-to-Work” Law On June 3, workers defeated an attempt in the New Hampshire House of Representatives by anti-union forces in the state to pas...
Postal Wire | March 28, 2020
Postal Service forced to keep working despite shortages of cash and protection
Video | December 18, 2019
The People’s Postal Service: No One Gets Left Off the List
The People's Postal Service: No One Gets Left Off the List
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Postal Wire | November 28, 2019
Postal Union leader: I hope the strike victory sends a message
News Article | November 19, 2019
APWU Supports UAW Strike for a Fair Contract
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
News Article | August 30, 2019
Participate in a Labor Day Event Near You
Labor Day is the day where workers come together to honor and recognize the achievements won by generations before us! Don’t forget to wear your labor gear proudly! This Labor Day, we’re fighting for our livelihood in the upcoming union contract interest arbitration, on Capitol Hill to repeal the di...
News Article | August 1, 2019
Puerto Rico Governor Resigns Following Massive Protests
On Tuesday, July 23 an estimated 500,000 people filled the streets of Puerto Rico’s capital San Juan, demanding the immediate resignation of Governor Ricardo Rosselló. The protest was one of, if not the, largest demonstration in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico’s history.