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News Article | September 11, 2014
Protecting Freedom or Trampling Workers’ Rights?
Isn’t it amazing that every time anti-union groups claim they are protecting our freedom, they are actually steamrolling working people? Take the so-called “right to work” legislation that has been proposed in many states. Its supporters claim they are defending an employees’ freedom to work.
News Article | September 11, 2014
Consolidation Attack – We Must Mobilize!
When the USPS announced on June 30 that it would move forward with plans to close or consolidate 82 more mail processing plants, it was a declaration of war. Not just on postal workers, but on postal customers and on the existence of a public Postal Service for future generations.
News Article | September 10, 2014
Standing Up, Fighting Back!
Brothers and sisters: We are under attack from all quarters – Congress, Wall Street and the Postmaster General himself. Privatization is not a distant danger; it is a direct and immediate threat. A congressionally-manufactured financial crisis is being used to justify new assaults on our jobs and on...
News Article | September 10, 2014
New York Metro Fights ‘Relocation’ Smokescreen
An impassioned community turned out in force on Aug. 27 to a public hearing sponsored by the USPS about plans to “relocate” the College Station Post Office in Central Harlem. The message from participants was unanimous, said Flo Summergrad, a member of New York Metro Area Postal Union: We need Colle...
News Article | September 10, 2014
Postal Workers, Teachers, Customers Take ‘Don’t Buy’ Campaign to Staples’ Home Turf
Opponents of a no-bid deal between Staples and the USPS are taking the fight to the Massachusetts-based company’s home turf. In August, postal workers, teachers and customers staged rallies in and around Boston, and they’re planning to conduct continuing protests in the region. The APWU is also rea...
Press Release | September 9, 2014
Statement by APWU President Mark Dimondstein on the ‘Democracy for All’ Constitutional Amendment
Statement by APWU President Mark Dimondstein on the ‘Democracy for All’ Constitutional Amendment
News Article | September 8, 2014
Postal Union Unity
Members of the APWU, the National Association of Letter Carriers and the National Postal Mail Handlers Union marched side-by-side in Philadelphia’s Labor Day Parade, Sept. 1.
News Article | September 6, 2014
More than Half of Senate Now Backs Call to Stop Consolidations
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has added his high-profile support to calls for a one-year moratorium on USPS plans to close 82 mail processing plants and slow mail delivery. Reid has joined 50 other senators who signed a letter to the Senate Appropriations Committee calling for a ban on US...
News Article | September 6, 2014
Postal Unions Hold Historic Joint Webinar on Plant Consolidations
The four postal unions held a historic joint webinar on Aug. 28 for union members at the 82 sites where plants are scheduled for consolidation or closure beginning in January 2015. The occasion marked the first time the four unions have engaged in joint training at the national level. The webinar pr...
News Article | September 6, 2014
Connecticut Senators, APWU Denounce Consolidations
Connecticut Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy condemned USPS plans to consolidate two Processing and Distribution Centers in the state at a press conference on Aug. 27 and urged Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe to agree to a one-year moratorium on 82 plant consolidations that are schedu...
News Article | September 2, 2014
AFGE President Seizes the Moment
At a training session sponsored by the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), the union’s president – a fierce supporter of the APWU’s campaign to Stop Staples! – collected 423 signatures on postcards to Staples CEO Ron Sargent and took them right over to the nearest post office. Solida...
News Article | September 2, 2014
e-Team Report, Sept. 2, 2014
Earlier this summer the Postal Service announced plans to close or consolidate 82 mail processing plants. On August 1st, the Postal Service published in the Federal Register a reduction in Service Standards, which makes their closure and consolidation plan possible. Unless we build a movement to p...
News Article | August 31, 2014
The Real Norma Rae
Early On May 30, 1973, the J.P. Stevens textile mill in Roanoke Rapids, NC, fired 32-year-old Crystal Lee Sutton. Before Sutton left the plant, she climbed atop a table on the shop floor and raised above her head a piece of cardboard with the word “UNION” scrawled on it, turning slowly in a circle s...
News Article | August 29, 2014
OIG Asks: Should the Postal Service Continue Its Consolidation Plan?
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) is conducting a poll on its ‘Pushing the Envelope’ blog to determine whether it should advocate for or against the Postal Service’s plan to resume consolidation and closure of up to 82 mail processing plants.
News Article | August 29, 2014
Labor Day: Activism and Remembrance
Labor Day is a good time to reflect on the achievements of workers and the contributions unions have made to our lives – from abolishing child labor to establishing a minimum wage, healthcare, retirement benefits, workplace safety and more. It’s also a good time to renew our determination to Stand U...