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News Article | June 11, 2015
Postal Unions Oppose Fast Track
In a joint letter to members of the House of Representatives, the presidents of the National Association of Letter Carriers, the National Postal Mail Handlers Union and APWU expressed opposition to the “Fast Track” trade bill pending before the Congress. Voting on the measure is expected to take pla...
News Article | June 9, 2015
Postal Unions Ask President To Designate July 26 ‘Postal Heritage Day’
The four postal unions have asked the White House to issue a Presidential Proclamation designating July 26, the agency’s 240th birthday, “Postal Heritage Day.” The Postal Service was established on July 26, 1775, when an act of the Second Continental Congress created the United States Post Office De...
News Article | June 2, 2015
The People Demand: Show Us The Text!
APWU Member Arrion Brown being barred from reviewing the text of TPP Trade Deal. If you want to know what’s in the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade bill, you can go to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and read it for yourself. That’s what the Obama administration said about the tra...
News Article | June 1, 2015
Fight for 15 Pushes On
George Askew, president of APWU Local 181, along with workers at McKeldin Square. (This article first appeared in the July-August 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) On April 15, hundreds of thousands of workers in 200 cities joined together to make their demands heard: Raise the min...
News Article | May 5, 2015
On May 14, a National Day of Action: I Stand with Postal Workers!
News Article | May 5, 2015
Support the Letter Carriers’ Food Drive on May 9
The American Postal Workers Union endorses the 23rd annual National Association of Letter Carriers’ “Stamp Out Hunger” Food Drive, taking place Saturday, May 9.
News Article | May 1, 2015
Canadian Postal Workers Launch Boycott
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Postal workers in the United States and Canada face many of the same struggles – including the threat of privatization. Mirroring the Stop Staples campaign, one Canadian local president launched a boycot...
News Article | May 1, 2015
Carwasheros Win Contract
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Following a four month strike, the “carwasheros” of Brooklyn, NY, have secured a contract. Workers at 10 car wash companies have voted to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) sin...
News Article | May 1, 2015
In Historic Vote, Greece Elects Pro-Worker Party
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Greece made history in January when it elected the pro-worker Syriza Party – the culmination of years of protests against dire economic conditions following the global financial crisis that began in 2008...
News Article | May 1, 2015
May Day Celebration
APWU President Mark Dimondstein spoke at a celebration of International Workers Day sponsored by the AFL-CIO on the eve of the holiday. Although May Day – which originated in the fight for the eight-hour day in Chicago – is not officially recognized in this country, it’s making a comeback. Click he...
News Article | May 1, 2015
NYC Zara Workers Get a Raise
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) After months of protest and pressure from a workers campaign, Zara clothing retail workers in New York City received a raise. In a letter to employees, Zara said that starting in January, workers who hav...
News Article | May 1, 2015
Postal Clerk Remembers Bloody Sunday
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Distribution Clerk George James was just 15 when he tried to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge on March 7, 1965. He says he had no idea history would be made that day, when police attacked peaceful proteste...
News Article | May 1, 2015
TISA: Another Secret Trade Deal Threatens Public Postal Service, Workers
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) A trade deal the U.S. is negotiating behind closed doors with 50 other countries threatens the future of public- and private-sector services, including the U.S. Postal Service. Little is known about the...
News Article | May 1, 2015
USW Strikers Get a Contract
Stop Staples supporters join the USW on the picket line. (This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) After a six-week strike, the United Steel Workers Union and Shell Oil agreed on a new national contract on March 12. Workers went on strike at 15...
News Article | May 1, 2015
Young Workers Summit Makes a Splash in Chicago
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) More than a thousand young unionists, activists and organizers convened in Chicago from March 19-22 for the Next Up: Young Workers Summit, sponsored by the AFL-CIO. Courtney Jenkins, who serves as the AP...