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News Article | April 26, 2019

How to Participate in Workers Memorial Day

Each year on Workers Memorial Day (April 28), working people throughout the world remember those who were hurt or killed on the job, and recommit to the struggle for a safe workplace. Virtually every safety and health protection on the books today exists because union workers fought together to win...

Press Release | April 12, 2019

On Tax Day – April 15 — Postal Workers to Deliver Two Messages at More than 100 Locations in Nearly Every State and through a National Television Advertisement

1) It’s a myth that the U.S. Postal Service relies on tax dollars for its operations. 2) The threat of the White House selling off the USPS to private interests leading to higher cost and less service for postal customers is real.

News Article | April 2, 2019

Taking on Rising Health Care Costs

(This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  By Health Plan Director John Marcotte As I have previously reported, and as all of us unionists see in our paychecks, the cost of health care is spiraling out of control. Recently, ABC News reported o...

News Article | April 2, 2019

A Woman For All Seasons

(This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  By Retirees Department Director Nancy Olumekor Dedicated APWU unionist Eleanor G. Bailey passed away on December 12, 2018 at the age of 87. Over the course of her life, Eleanor never stopped fighting...

News Article | April 2, 2019

Kathy Danek Retires as APWU Auxiliary President

This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  At the beginning of the year, Kathy Danek retired as APWU Auxilary President, a position she has served in since 2012. When Kathy Danek’s husband Terry became a Postal Service employee in 1974, he brou...

News Article | April 2, 2019

Chicago Local President Keith Richardson Honored with ‘Eyes on the Prize’ Award

This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  Chicago Local President Keith Richardson was honored with the “Eyes on the Prize” Award at the 2019 AFL-CIO Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Civil and Human Rights Conference on Jan. 20.

News Article | April 2, 2019

From the Field

This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  Below are quotes from various APWU local and state publications throughout the country. All the publications listed are part of the Postal Press Association.

News Article | October 2, 2018

Resolutions Opposing Privatization of the Postal Service Introduced in Congress

On July 16, a leading group of Congressional representatives took action to help combat a proposal to privatize the Postal Service by introducing House Resolution 993. The privatization proposal, put forward by the White House’s Office of Management and Budget in their report Delivering Government S...

News Article | July 27, 2018

Members in Action

(This article first appeared in the July-August 2018 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine)  PORTLAND, CINCINNATI LOCALS RALLY AGAINST CUTBACKS IN JOBS AND SERVICE Teresa Oller, steward from Portland OR Area Local,  helps lead a rally against jobs and service cuts.  In June, as the APWU barga...

News Article | March 13, 2018

Building Our Future – A Challenge, A Priority!

On March 2, thirteen APWU members participated in a day-long focus group to test the curriculum being developed by Rutgers University’s Labor Education Center for the union’s ongoing efforts to build an APWU broad-based educational program, known as the APWU National Institute.

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