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News Article | May 1, 2015
Our Most Important Member: YOU!
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Organizing is not just about signing up new members – it’s joining with current members to ensure common success. Our camaraderie and solidarity will also motivate non-members to join the union. Manageme...
News Article | May 1, 2015
Fight Back Against Closures, Consolidations
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) APWU members across the country are fighting efforts by USPS management to close or consolidate 82 mail processing facilities this year. Locals have been holding actions to spread the word about how the...
News Article | May 1, 2015
When Complement Managers Make Contact, Union Calls Foul
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) As this issue goes to press, there is no sign that management is stopping or postponing the Network Rationalization Plan and the quest to systemically dismantle the Postal Service. Back in 2011and 2012,...
News Article | May 1, 2015
Senate Opposes USPS Service Cuts
The Senate approved a motion on S. Con. Res. 11 introduced by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) that instructs budget conferees to insist on a deficit-neutral fund to halt mail processing center closures, restore overnight mail delivery, and protect rural services. A deficit-neutral amendment may not inc...
News Article | May 1, 2015
‘Stop Staples’ Campaign Gains Momentum
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The American Federation of School Administrators (AFSA) may be small in numbers, but its impact on the Don’t Buy Staples campaign could be huge. The 20,000 AFSA members select which companies their schoo...
News Article | May 1, 2015
The Road to a New Contract
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The road to contract negotiations has been a long one. The APWU began holding internal weekly meetings in August 2014; the current Collective Bargaining Agreement expires May 20, 2015. Since last summer,...
News Article | May 1, 2015
Mail Delivery Takes a Dramatic Dive
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Across the country, postal customers are complaining that they’re waiting longer for their mail. And while postal management dismisses the complaints as isolated, the numbers tell a different story. Firs...
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
Virginia Clerk is the Talk of His Town
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Tucked away in the western corner of Virginia, just across the Kentucky border, is the sleepy town of Pound. On a frigid Tuesday morning this past February, most residents were snowed in – but not 46-yea...
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
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
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...
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
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...