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News Article | March 1, 2016
India Will Implement Postal Banking To Better Serve Remote Residents
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) India Post is planning to implement postal banking later this year, in order to better serve residents in rural and remote areas. As part of the plan, India Post opened ATMs in some states in 2014.
News Article | February 29, 2016
APWU Joins Democracy Initiative
Five years ago the “Citizens United” Supreme Court ruling unleashed unlimited, and often secret, corporate cash into the political process and elections. Now just 158 families will contribute over 50 percent of the billions being spent on the 2016 presidential election cycle. Just two anti-union bil...
News Article | February 29, 2016
APWU Joins Democracy Initiative
Five years after the “Citizens United” Supreme Court ruling unleashed unlimited and often secret corporate cash into the political process and elections, and with voter suppression on the rise, the APWU has joined the “Democracy Initiative,” a network of over 60 national organizations that seek to r...
News Article | February 29, 2016
APWU Joins Democracy Initiative
Five years ago the “Citizens United” Supreme Court ruling unleashed unlimited, and often secret, corporate cash into the political process and elections. Now just 158 families will contribute over 50 percent of the billions being spent on the 2016 presidential election cycle. Just two anti-union bil...
News Article | February 29, 2016
APWU Joins Democracy Initiative
Five years after the “Citizens United” Supreme Court ruling unleashed unlimited and often secret corporate cash into the political process and elections, and with voter suppression on the rise, the APWU has joined the “Democracy Initiative,” a network of over 60 national organizations that seek to r...
News Article | February 26, 2016
APWU Donates to Flint
Michigan APWU leaders present a contribution to Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha. From left: Roscoe Woods, Pat Comben, Dr. Hanna-Attisha, Mike Mize and Amy Puhalski. In the wake of the Flint water crisis, the APWU has made a donation to the Flint Child Health & Development Fund.
News Article | February 26, 2016
APWU Donates to Flint
Michigan APWU leaders present a contribution to Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha. From left: Roscoe Woods, Pat Comben, Dr. Hanna-Attisha, Mike Mize and Amy Puhalski. In the wake of the Flint water crisis, the APWU has made a donation to the Flint Child Health & Development Fund.
News Article | February 2, 2016
Union Members Bring Home the Bacon
Union members are bringing home a lot more bacon – about $204 more per week than their non-union counterparts.
News Article | February 2, 2016
Union Members Bring Home the Bacon
Union members are bringing home a lot more bacon – about $204 more per week than their non-union counterparts.
News Article | January 1, 2016
Fast Food Workers Walk Off Job in ‘Fight for 15’
Fight for 15 activists protested on Nov. 10. Courtesy of Victor J. Blue/Getty Images (This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Tens of thousands of fast food workers walked off the job Nov. 10 to call for raising the minimum wage to $1...
News Article | January 1, 2016
Fast Food Workers Walk Off Job in ‘Fight for 15’
Fight for 15 activists protested on Nov. 10. Courtesy of Victor J. Blue/Getty Images (This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Tens of thousands of fast food workers walked off the job Nov. 10 to call for raising the minimum wage to $1...
News Article | January 1, 2016
Canadian Postal Workers Win Big
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Thanks to the efforts of postal workers and their allies, Canada Post has suspended the installation of community mailboxes, preserving door-to-door mail delivery for nearly half a million househ...
News Article | January 1, 2016
Canadian Postal Workers Win Big
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Thanks to the efforts of postal workers and their allies, Canada Post has suspended the installation of community mailboxes, preserving door-to-door mail delivery for nearly half a million househ...
News Article | November 3, 2015
Hartford Area Local, Allies Rally to Save America’s Postal Service
Hartford Area Local members rally with allies, including Sen. Richard Blumenthal (center). Members of the Hartford Area Local were joined by labor allies for a rally to Save American’s Postal Service on Oct. 24. Lori Pelletier, executive secretary-treasurer of the Connecticut State AFL-CIO; Rene Mo...
News Article | November 1, 2015
Workers Strike Against Anti-Union Governments
Finnish workers protesting. (This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Protesting their government’s right-wing, anti-union agenda, workers in India and Finland went on strike in September. On Sept. 2, approximately 150 million Indian wo...