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News Article | March 22, 2024

Albuquerque Truckers Vote “Union Yes” to Join the APWU

Drivers for Albuquerque Mail Service (AMS), a private freight company that provides contract mail hauling services in Albuquerque, NM, voted to join the APWU on Jan. 9, 2024.

News Article | January 8, 2024

Detroit Amazon Workers Organize for Respect with APWU

Amazon workers in Detroit’s DTW1 plant are working with APWU organizers for a real voice, power, and justice in the workplace. Read their origin story:

News Article | October 18, 2023

10 Roads Express Workers Say “APWU YES!” Again, and Again

Workers from 10 Roads Express in Capitol Heights, MD voted 14-4 to join APWU in the 6th successful union campaign in 2023.

News Article | August 30, 2023

10 Roads Express Drivers Celebrate Unanimous “Union Yes” Election Win in Richmond, VA

Drivers for 10 Roads Express in Richmond, VA voted 17-0 to join the APWU. The Richmond drivers are now the fifth 10 Roads Express location to unionize with the APWU since 2022.

News Article | April 14, 2023

10 Roads Express forced to reinstate union organizer after successful strike action

Drivers for USPS contractor, 10 Roads Express, in Peoria, IL, are celebrating the reinstatement of a union leader, who was fired just hours after they won their vote to form a union. 

News Article | February 3, 2023

Columbus, OH 10 Roads Express Drivers Win Huge Union YES! Vote

10 Roads Express mail drivers in Columbus, OH have voted to join APWU by a blowout 57-21 margin. The ballots were tallied by the National Labor Relations Board on Jan, 26.

News Article | January 13, 2023

NLRB Charges 10 Roads Express for Violations of the National Labor Relations Act

On Jan. 3, 2023 the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) charged USPS contractor 10 Roads Express and specific named managers with multiple violations of labor law in a campaign against workers who were unionizing their workplace.

News Article | December 5, 2022

Union Power in Peoria: APWU 10 Roads Express Workers Strike to Defend Their New Union!

An exhibition of true worker power, solidarity, and courage was on display recently from 10 Roads Express drivers in Peoria, IL. After a swift union organizing campaign and an overwhelming union election victory with a 53-10 “APWU Yes” vote, drivers went on strike less than 48 hours after their vict...

News Article | July 9, 2021

Negotiations with USPS and Private Sector

(This article first appeared in the July/August 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Negotiating new and successor collective bargaining agreements during this COVID-19 period has proved to be very challenging. The Support Services Division has had multiple contract negotiations going...

News Article | November 19, 2019

Hollingsworth Contract Ratified

(This article first appeared in the November/December 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) ​ On Sept. 11, new APWU members working at Hollingsworth LLC, a private-sector distribution company, ratified the terms of their initial collective bargaining agreement (CBA). Negotiating an init...

News Article | October 1, 2019

APWU Private Sector Members Ratify Contract

On August 26, 2019 APWU private sector members ratified the terms of a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the Des Moines Area Local and their employer, Mail Contractors of America.

News Article | September 26, 2019

Hollingsworth Members Approve First Contract

On September 11, 2019 private sector members who work at a Mail Transport Equipment Service Center (MTESC) in Temperance Michigan for Hollingsworth LLC ratified terms of an initial collective bargaining agreement (CBA).

News Article | April 22, 2019

Salmon Co. Drivers in El Paso, TX Unanimously Ratify Collective Bargaining Agreement

Drivers from the newly unionized Salmon Co. in El Paso, TX unanimously ratified the terms of their first Collective Bargaining Agreement. These APWU new members received most of the terms of the negotiated Salmon contract for the Dallas Area Local. Due to the organizing efforts and continued support...

News Article | October 4, 2018

Labor Rights are Human Rights

(This article first appeared in the September/October 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  By Organization Director Anna Smith Breaker Boys in Pittston, PA 1911 We all have heard of human rights and we all have those rights. But, did you know that labor rights are human rights? What d...