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News Article | November 1, 2015
Spreading the Word on the Street
Des Moines Area Local steward Julie Kestel with daughter Mackenzie on a float in the city’s Labor Day Parade. (This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) APWU members have been out and about, spreading the message at parades, picnics, an...
News Article | November 1, 2015
Workers Comp Fraud Investigations
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Special agents of the Postal Service Office of the Inspector General (OIG) are contracted to “safeguard postal revenue” and are supposed to “operate with integrity, be a model of ethical behavio...
News Article | October 31, 2015
A Century Later, Labor’s Legendary Troubadour Lives On
Joe Hill (This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) One hundred years have passed since a firing squad at the Utah State Penitentiary executed Joe Hill at sunrise on Nov. 19, 1915. The renowned labor organizer had been framed on a murde...
News Article | October 30, 2015
Budget Deal Protecting Social Security and Medicare Beneficiaries Passes U.S. House
Congressional leaders and the White House announced on Monday that they had reached a deal to avert default and keep the government funded. Outgoing House Speaker John Boehner helped arrange the deal, which also cleared the way for new Speaker Paul Ryan to become the new Speaker without having to...
News Article | October 30, 2015
MVS Operators Honored for Safe Driving by National Safety Council
Jimmy Ellis Charles Pettus Two MVS tractor-trailer operators have been issued awards in recognition of their safe driving records. Jimmy Ellis of the Greater Seattle Area Local and Charles Pettus of the Oakland Local received Joseph M. Kaplan Safe Driver Awards from the National Safety Council. .
News Article | October 29, 2015
‘Stand Up for Safe Jobs’ Campaign Underway
Last year, more than 36,000 postal workers were injured or sickened at work and at least 10 suffered fatalities. “Here’s the simple truth,” APWU President Mark Dimondstein and Industrial Relations Director Tony D. McKinnon Sr. wrote in a letter to local and state presidents and national officers. “I...
News Article | October 28, 2015
Maine AFL-CIO Joins Grand Alliance, Backs Postal Banking
Members of the Maine AFL-CIO adopted resolutions supporting two important postal issues at their 30th biennial convention on Oct. 22 and 23 -- in support of postal banking and to join A Grand Alliance to Save Our Public Postal Service. APWU President Mark Dimondstein was the keynote speaker.
News Article | October 28, 2015
New Congressional Majority Against Mail Delays
The legislative movement against delayed mail achieved an important milestone over the past week. For the first time, an outright majority of the Republican-controlled House of Representatives is now calling for an end to delayed mail and the return of overnight mail standards. This accomplishment i...
News Article | October 28, 2015
Young Workers Learn How to Educate, Agitate, Organize!
Young workers discuss how to refute common misconceptions about the economy and practice the art of persuasion. 2015 was the centennial of the execution of labor activist Joe Hill. His famous last words were, “Don't mourn... Organize.” These were the opening remarks of APWU President Mark Dimondstei...
News Article | October 26, 2015
CARA Rallies and Pickets with Stop Staples
Members of the California Alliance of Retired Americans (CARA) joined the Stop Staples campaign for a rally and picket in front of an Upland, CA, location on Tuesday, Oct. 20.
News Article | October 23, 2015
Congressional Democrats Draw Line in the Sand over Social Security, Medicare Cuts
The November 3 deadline for raising the federal debt limit is fast approaching, bringing with it the risk of a U.S. credit default if Congress fails to act. Democrats in Congress have drawn an early line in the sand, saying they will reject any effort by Republicans to cut earned Social Security and...
News Article | October 22, 2015
Bernie Sanders Touts Postal Banking on Jimmy Kimmel
Presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) made a strong case for postal banking while appearing on the Jimmy Kimmel Live show on Oct. 21.
News Article | October 21, 2015
e-Team Report, Oct. 21, 2015
Tell UPS: Move Forward & Leave ALEC Behind The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is a secretive organization of corporations that lobbies politicians behind closed doors, all under the guise of a tax-exempt charity.
News Article | October 21, 2015
Don’t Focus on ‘Postal Pulse’
News Article | October 21, 2015
Bernie Sanders Addresses APWU Conference
Click here to see Senator Bernie Sanders’ speech to the APWU All-Craft Conference on Oct. 14. Bernie Sanders Addresses APWU Conference Check Out the Video!Bernie Sanders Addresses APWU Conference. Posted by APWU - The American Postal Workers Union on Wednesday, October 21, 2015