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News Article | January 1, 2016
Why We Don’t Have a New Contract Yet
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The question can be heard throughout the APWU: Why don’t we have a new contract yet?
News Article | January 1, 2016
It’s State Law
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Recently, an APWU local union received a “penalty assessment order” from a state agency that instructed the local union to pay $41,000 for failure to carry workers’ compensation insurance.
News Article | January 1, 2016
Executive Board Endorses Bernie Sanders for President
Sen. Bernie Sanders at the All-Craft Conference with President Mark Dimondstein (This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The APWU national executive board voted on Nov. 5 to endorse Bernie Sanders for president. “Politics as usual has n...
News Article | January 1, 2016
It’s State Law
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Recently, an APWU local union received a “penalty assessment order” from a state agency that instructed the local union to pay $41,000 for failure to carry workers’ compensation insurance.
News Article | January 1, 2016
Executive Board Endorses Bernie Sanders for President
Sen. Bernie Sanders at the All-Craft Conference with President Mark Dimondstein (This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The APWU national executive board voted on Nov. 5 to endorse Bernie Sanders for president. “Politics as usual has n...
News Article | January 1, 2016
Pocatello Takes On Washington
Pocatello Mayor Brian Blad speaks to a reporter at a Pocatello Local rally, also attended by Chubbuck Mayor Kevin England. (This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine). A group of elected officials from Southeastern Idaho have distinguished...
News Article | January 1, 2016
Pocatello Takes On Washington
Pocatello Mayor Brian Blad speaks to a reporter at a Pocatello Local rally, also attended by Chubbuck Mayor Kevin England. (This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine). A group of elected officials from Southeastern Idaho have distinguished...
News Article | January 1, 2016
Is UPS Behind Think Tank’s Attack on the Postal Service?
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) It’s not news that corporate vultures would like to get their hands on the most profitable parts of the Postal Service. Right-wing think tanks and politicians, along with the Postal Service’s co...
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
Is UPS Behind Think Tank’s Attack on the Postal Service?
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) It’s not news that corporate vultures would like to get their hands on the most profitable parts of the Postal Service. Right-wing think tanks and politicians, along with the Postal Service’s co...
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 | January 1, 2016
Postal Banking Catches Fire
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Postal banking has been in the news quite a bit in recent months: Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders discussed it on Jimmy Kimmel Live; a new book about the topic has garnered extensive media...
News Article | January 1, 2016
Postal Banking Catches Fire
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Postal banking has been in the news quite a bit in recent months: Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders discussed it on Jimmy Kimmel Live; a new book about the topic has garnered extensive media...