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News Article | February 5, 2016

The WAGE Act

Many Americans are turning their attention to the persistent and growing problem of income inequality. As the rich get richer and leave working families behind with wages that have stagnated for decades, our leaders in Washington should be mindful of the best way to raise wages – collective bargaini...

News Article | February 1, 2016

An Action-Packed Year

Members of the Dallas [TX] Area Local at the May 14 National Day of Action. (This article first appeared in the March-April 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Frederick Douglas, the renowned anti-slavery leader, declared, “Without struggle there can be no progress.” Certainly during...

News Article | February 1, 2016

An Action-Packed Year

Members of the Dallas [TX] Area Local at the May 14 National Day of Action. (This article first appeared in the March-April 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Frederick Douglas, the renowned anti-slavery leader, declared, “Without struggle there can be no progress.” Certainly during...

News Article | January 6, 2016

Sanders’ Antidote to Wall Street Corruption Includes Postal Banking

In a speech given just blocks from Wall Street, Sen. Bernie Sanders promised to implement postal banking as one of the ways to fix the country’s broken and corrupt financial system. “If elected president, I will rein in Wall Street so they can’t crash our economy again,” Sanders said on Jan. 5.

News Article | January 6, 2016

Sanders’ Antidote to Wall Street Corruption Includes Postal Banking

In a speech given just blocks from Wall Street, Sen. Bernie Sanders promised to implement postal banking as one of the ways to fix the country’s broken and corrupt financial system. “If elected president, I will rein in Wall Street so they can’t crash our economy again,” Sanders said on Jan. 5.

News Article | January 1, 2016

Time for a Political Revolution?

(This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) You may have heard politicians talking about income inequality recently, but did you know that approximately 42 percent of Americans work for $15 or less an hour – and there is a growing movement...

News Article | January 1, 2016

Time for a Political Revolution?

(This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) You may have heard politicians talking about income inequality recently, but did you know that approximately 42 percent of Americans work for $15 or less an hour – and there is a growing movement...

News Article | January 1, 2016

Executive Board Endorses Bernie Sanders for President

Sen. Bernie Sanders at the All-Craft Conference with President Mark Dimondstein (This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The APWU national executive board voted on Nov. 5 to endorse Bernie Sanders for president. “Politics as usual has n...

News Article | January 1, 2016

Executive Board Endorses Bernie Sanders for President

Sen. Bernie Sanders at the All-Craft Conference with President Mark Dimondstein (This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The APWU national executive board voted on Nov. 5 to endorse Bernie Sanders for president. “Politics as usual has n...

News Article | January 1, 2016

Postal Banking Catches Fire

(This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Postal banking has been in the news quite a bit in recent months: Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders discussed it on Jimmy Kimmel Live; a new book about the topic has garnered extensive media...

News Article | January 1, 2016

Postal Banking Catches Fire

(This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Postal banking has been in the news quite a bit in recent months: Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders discussed it on Jimmy Kimmel Live; a new book about the topic has garnered extensive media...

News Article | January 1, 2016

Feeling the Bern!

Sen. Bernie Sanders discusses postal banking on Jimmy Kimmel Live! (This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) During the two years I have served as APWU president I have made many decisions – some were straightforward and some were comple...

News Article | January 1, 2016

Feeling the Bern!

Sen. Bernie Sanders discusses postal banking on Jimmy Kimmel Live! (This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) During the two years I have served as APWU president I have made many decisions – some were straightforward and some were comple...

News Article | December 19, 2015

Bernie Sanders Campaign’s Access Restored!

"Thanks to an immediate and massive protest by fair-minded individuals and organizations against the heavy-handed, anti-democratic tactics of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), the Bernie Sanders campaign now has had full access restored to the critical DNC voter database! ... Congratulations...

News Article | December 18, 2015

Congress Approves Spending Bill; Fails to Address Epidemic of Delayed Mail

Congress approved an appropriations bill on Dec. 18 to fund the government through 2016, but failed to include a measure that would have restored postal service standards to their pre-January 2015 levels.