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News Article | April 27, 2016
Santa Ana Second Graders Love Writing Letters – And Saving Our Post Office
St. Anne’s second graders show off letters they wrote to their parents asking them to help Save Our Post Office. Chief Steward Sandra German and Western Region Coordinator Omar Gonzalez visited on April 25. After a visit from the APWU on April 25, second graders at St. Anne’s Elementary School were...
News Article | April 27, 2016
Santa Ana Second Graders Love Writing Letters – And Saving Our Post Office
St. Anne’s second graders show off letters they wrote to their parents asking them to help Save Our Post Office. Chief Steward Sandra German and Western Region Coordinator Omar Gonzalez visited on April 25. After a visit from the APWU on April 25, second graders at St. Anne’s Elementary School were...
News Article | April 27, 2016
Celebrate May Day, International Workers Day, May 1
A 1933 May Day celebration in New York City. May Day, the International Workers Day, is celebrated around the world on May 1. Although May Day originated in Chicago in the 1880s when workers first fought for the eight-hour day, the holiday is not officially recognized in this country. But APWU Presi...
News Article | April 27, 2016
Celebrate May Day, International Workers Day, May 1
A 1933 May Day celebration in New York City. May Day, the International Workers Day, is celebrated around the world on May 1. Although May Day originated in Chicago in the 1880s when workers first fought for the eight-hour day, the holiday is not officially recognized in this country. But APWU Presi...
News Article | April 25, 2016
Idaho Sends Resolution Opposing Plant Consolidations to U.S. Senate
An Idaho resolution opposing mail processing plant consolidations and USPS service cuts was delivered to the U.S. Senate on April 19 – a year after Postal Service shuttered the Pocatello plant.
News Article | April 25, 2016
Idaho Sends Resolution Opposing Plant Consolidations to U.S. Senate
An Idaho resolution opposing mail processing plant consolidations and USPS service cuts was delivered to the U.S. Senate on April 19 – a year after Postal Service shuttered the Pocatello plant.
News Article | April 22, 2016
Whose Union Is It Anyway
Regional Coordinator Omar Gonzalez (right) administers the Oath of Office to officers of the Greater Seattle Area Local. All APWU officers take an oath and pledge to uphold the union’sconstitution and to perform the duties of office to the best of their ability. (This article first appeared in the M...
News Article | April 22, 2016
Whose Union Is It Anyway
Regional Coordinator Omar Gonzalez (right) administers the Oath of Office to officers of the Greater Seattle Area Local. All APWU officers take an oath and pledge to uphold the union’sconstitution and to perform the duties of office to the best of their ability. (This article first appeared in the M...
News Article | April 21, 2016
Maintenance Members Have Their Say
Edward Harris, Ed Devey, Mike Bayless. (This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) As this magazine goes to press, the union is speeding quickly toward completion of our case before Arbitrator Stephen Goldberg in our effort to win a good contract.
News Article | April 21, 2016
Maintenance Members Have Their Say
Edward Harris, Ed Devey, Mike Bayless. (This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) As this magazine goes to press, the union is speeding quickly toward completion of our case before Arbitrator Stephen Goldberg in our effort to win a good contract.
News Article | April 20, 2016
Philly BMC Local Supports Verizon Workers
From left: Neil Dossick, Chuck Camp, Mike Gallagher, Vince Tarducci, Joe Quinlan, Bill Schweiker, Ron Leavesley. Members of the Philly BMC Local 7048 showed support for striking Verizon workers on April 18.
News Article | April 20, 2016
Philly BMC Local Supports Verizon Workers
From left: Neil Dossick, Chuck Camp, Mike Gallagher, Vince Tarducci, Joe Quinlan, Bill Schweiker, Ron Leavesley. Members of the Philly BMC Local 7048 showed support for striking Verizon workers on April 18.
News Article | April 19, 2016
Workers Memorial Day is April 28
The labor movement will observe Workers Memorial Day on Thursday, April 28, to commemorate those who have been killed or injured on the job and to revitalize the fight for workplace safety. The event coincides with the anniversary of the passage of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), whic...
News Article | April 19, 2016
Workers Memorial Day is April 28
The labor movement will observe Workers Memorial Day on Thursday, April 28, to commemorate those who have been killed or injured on the job and to revitalize the fight for workplace safety. The event coincides with the anniversary of the passage of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), whic...
News Article | April 18, 2016
Democracy Awakening Converges at Capitol
Some of the APWU contingent on April 18. Dozens of APWU officers and staffers joined thousands of labor, civil rights, environmental and political reform groups at the Capitol on April 17 and 18 to participate in the Democracy Awakening. The event was the culmination of more than a week of rallies,...