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News Article | April 30, 2017
Fighting for Workplace Safety
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) 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 designed to prot...
News Article | February 28, 2017
The Great 1970 Mail Strike that Stunned the Country
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) In March of 1970, the United States had been in a financial and commerce standstill for two weeks. Tired of poor working conditions and low pay, postal employees went on strike at 499 post offices in...
News Article | December 31, 2016
January-February Labor History Milestones
Strikers marching during the 1912 “Bread and Roses” textile strike. Photo courtesy of the Lawrence History Center (This article first appeared in the January-February 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) January 11, 1912 – The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) organized the “Bre...
News Article | October 31, 2016
Labor History Milestones
(This article first appeared in the November-December 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) A letter carrier delivers a live baby, which became outlawed in 1916 when post office management set a weight limit on packages and barred the shipment of humans. Courtesy of The Smithsonian Ins...
News Article | October 31, 2016
Labor History Milestones
(This article first appeared in the November-December 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) A letter carrier delivers a live baby, which became outlawed in 1916 when post office management set a weight limit on packages and barred the shipment of humans. Courtesy of The Smithsonian Ins...
News Article | August 31, 2016
Labor History Milestones
St. Paul public school students join teachers on the picket line. (This article first appeared in the September-October 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) Let's take a Look Back at Labor History milestones that took place in September and October: October 1946 – In 1946, the idea of...
News Article | August 31, 2016
Labor History Milestones
St. Paul public school students join teachers on the picket line. (This article first appeared in the September-October 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) Let's take a Look Back at Labor History milestones that took place in September and October: October 1946 – In 1946, the idea of...
News Article | June 30, 2016
With Help from Women’s Movement, Canadian Postal Workers Score Big Win for Families
A little solidarity can go a long way. Thirty-five years ago, Canadian postal workers launched a 42-day strike for paid maternity leave – and won. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) was the first federal union in Canada to win 17 weeks of paid maternity leave – and they did it by building a...
News Article | June 30, 2016
With Help from Women’s Movement, Canadian Postal Workers Score Big Win for Families
A little solidarity can go a long way. Thirty-five years ago, Canadian postal workers launched a 42-day strike for paid maternity leave – and won. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) was the first federal union in Canada to win 17 weeks of paid maternity leave – and they did it by building a...
News Article | April 30, 2016
The U.S. Post Office: The Workers’ Savings Bank
The first depositors at the New York Postal Savings Bank. Once upon a time, in a not-so-far-away land, working people were able to safely deposit and withdraw their hard-earned dollars, with no excessive fees or fuss. Everyone had access to safe savings accounts, regardless of how much money they ma...
News Article | April 30, 2016
The U.S. Post Office: The Workers’ Savings Bank
The first depositors at the New York Postal Savings Bank. Once upon a time, in a not-so-far-away land, working people were able to safely deposit and withdraw their hard-earned dollars, with no excessive fees or fuss. Everyone had access to safe savings accounts, regardless of how much money they ma...
News Article | February 29, 2016
Women Workers Defy Their Boss and Win a Union
New York Congresswoman Bella Abzug, right foreground, walks a picket line supporting striking Farah workers in Houston on Feb. 10, 1973. (This article first appeared in the March-April 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Factory boss Willie Farah said he’d rather be dead than see hi...
News Article | February 29, 2016
Women Workers Defy Their Boss and Win a Union
New York Congresswoman Bella Abzug, right foreground, walks a picket line supporting striking Farah workers in Houston on Feb. 10, 1973. (This article first appeared in the March-April 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Factory boss Willie Farah said he’d rather be dead than see hi...
News Article | February 28, 2015
From ‘Collective Begging’ Collective Bargaining
March 2015 marks the 45th anniversary of the Great Postal Strike of 1970. The courage and solidarity shown by thousands of union members during the wildcat job action resulted in vastly improved wages and benefits.
News Article | February 28, 2015
Rose Schneiderman Organizes Garment Workers in New York
Rose Schneiderman was a trailblazer for workers’ rights in the Lower East Side of New York City at the turn of the 20th Century. She organized and co-founded several unions, was a friend and advisor to First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, and was a champion for rights still being fought for today. Twenty-y...