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News Article | May 1, 2017

Higher Union Membership Boosts Wages for All

APWU Grassroots Political & Legislative Coordinator Janice Kelble (second from right)  with community activists (L-R) Jeff Kramer, Kathy Staub, Keith Yergeau,  Elizabeth Ropp, Emily Eastman and Eric Zulaski after “right to work” law was defeated in NH. (This article first appeared in the May-June 20...

News Article | April 28, 2017

Fighting for Workplace Safety

Read more about the history of workplace safety. Reprint from May-June 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker  Before passage of the Occupational Safety and Health Act in December 1970, millions of Americans risked their lives every time they reported for duty – there were no national safety laws...

News Article | April 28, 2017

Join a May Day Event!

May Day, the annual holiday recognizing the international working class, will be celebrated around the world on May 1. This year hundreds of thousands are expected to participate in demonstrations, strikes, and shows of solidarity. Coast to coast, workers and allies will join together and fight for...

News Article | April 24, 2017

Workers Memorial Day is April 28

The labor movement will observe Workers Memorial Day on April 28, to commemorate those who have been killed or injured on the job and to revitalize the fight for workplace safety. Each year, thousands of workers die and millions more are injured or sickened from dangerous working conditions. Many em...

News Article | March 9, 2017

APWU Members Join UAW’s ‘March on Mississippi’

Over two dozen APWU members came from  multiple states to support the Nissan workers efforts to organize.  APWU members stood in solidarity at the “March on Mississippi” with Nissan workers attempting to organize a union and join the United Auto Workers (UAW). Over five thousand union brothers and s...

News Article | March 1, 2017

Q & A with Mark Dudzic

(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The U.S. health care system is broken. The Labor Campaign for Single Payer Healthcare (LCSP) calls for a total revamp. The American Postal Workers Union (APWU) supports their goal of health care for a...

News Article | January 23, 2017

Labor Participates in Women’s Rights March

Post Office Women for Equal Rights (POWER) members  and their families protested in the streets of Washington, D.C.    On January 21, APWU members were among the millions across the country who participated in the Women’s March. Check out the photos! 

News Article | January 9, 2017

APWU Goals for the Upcoming Year

President Dimondstein spoke about the recent victories and future challenges for the American Postal Workers Union during his address at the installation of officers on Nov. 5, 2016.  Click here to watch his full speech Click here to watch a highlight video about the successes of the last three year...

News Article | January 1, 2017

Labor Unites at Rally for Social & Economic Justice and Equality

Hundreds of union members and allies rallied  outside of the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 17. (This article first appeared in the January-February 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)  Hundreds of labor union members gathered outside of the U.S. Capitol building on Nov. 17 for the Rally for S...

News Article | January 1, 2017

UNI Post and Logistics World Conference Endorses Staples Boycott

(This article first appeared in the January-February 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The Stop Staples campaign has gone global. In October 2016, the UNI Post and Logistics World Conference passed a resolution, brought forward by President Dimondstein, in support of the APWU’s Sto...

News Article | December 19, 2016

Together We Stopped the TPP!!

APWU members rallied against the TPP at the 2016 National Convention. The 114th U.S. Congressional session is over and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is officially dead. This victory comes despite it being a signature effort of the White House and Republican-controlled Congress, supported by bu...