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News Article | July 1, 2014
Action Plan: America Wants to Work
Unemployment and underemployment are projected to remain at crisis levels for years; our trade deficit is growing; the housing market continues its downward slide; millions of Americans are facing foreclosure, and real wages are stagnant. Communities of color in particular are facing a nearly unprec...
News Article | July 1, 2014
The Fight for 15
The “Fight for 15” movement took to the streets in more than 150 cities on May 15, as workers walked off the job to demand an increase in the minimum wage and the right to form a union. Fast food jobs are no longer temporary or part-time positions held by teenagers; for many families it is the sourc...
News Article | June 30, 2014
War on the Waterfront
Early in the morning on July 5, 1934, storefront owners in the Mission District of San Francisco were opening their doors. In the financial district, bankers and businessmen were trading stocks. Across the harbor, the Oakland Bay Bridge construction crew was hard at work. The police stood watch as 5...
News Article | June 30, 2014
APWU to Launch Vigorous Campaign Against Plant Closures, Consolidations
The APWU today denounced plans by the Postal Service to resume the closure and consolidation of up to 82 mail processing plants beginning in January 2015. “This is a direct assault on service to the people of the country, on postal workers and on the Postal Service’s own network,” said union Preside...
News Article | June 30, 2014
SEIU Votes to Boycott Staples
The ‘Don’t Buy Staples’ movement got a big boost this month when the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) voted to endorse the boycott. In a letter to Staples CEO Ronald L. Sargent and Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe SEIU International President Mary Kay Henry wrote, “On behalf of the...
News Article | June 27, 2014
House Committee Votes to Keep Saturday Mail Delivery
The House Appropriations Committee passed an amendment to a funding bill on June 25 that would prevent the Postal Service from eliminating Saturday mail delivery. The amendment, introduced by Rep. Jose Serrano (D-NY) and Rep. Tom Latham (R-IA), received bipartisan support and easily passed a vote by...
News Article | June 23, 2014
Exposed: The Video the PMG Doesn’t Want You to See
APWU President Mark Dimondstein takes on the PMG’s claims in a new video that every postal worker should see. Closed Captioned
News Article | June 23, 2014
22nd Biennial APWU National Convention Resolutions Now Posted
Resolutions that will be considered by delegates to the APWU 22nd Biennial National Convention are now posted online at www.apwu.org. Delegates will debate and vote on the proposals that will guide the union’s work over the next two years. The resolutions address labor-management issues, workers’ so...
News Article | June 20, 2014
For Students to Win, Teachers Don’t Have to Lose
“On Tuesday morning, teachers across California got up, went to their schools and dedicated their day to helping students learn and grow. “While teachers led their classrooms, a judge in a Los Angeles courtroom said that for students to win, teachers have to lose.”
News Article | June 19, 2014
California Teachers Association and Washington DC, Indiana, Sacramento Labor Councils Sign On
The California Teachers Association and several other labor organizations have joined the Stop Staples campaign.
News Article | June 18, 2014
APWU Opens ‘Stop Staples’ Front in Pittsburgh
The APWU opened another front in the campaign to Stop Staples with a protest in Pittsburgh on June 17. The city is one of four tests sites for the program that established postal counters in more than 82 of the company’s office-supply stores – staffed with Staples employees rather than U.S. Postal S...
News Article | June 16, 2014
PMG Endorses Highway Budget Scam
The Postmaster General’s latest act of treachery is so outrageous it’s hard to believe. Last week, he endorsed a budget scam that would eliminate Saturday mail delivery and hand over the alleged “savings” to the Highway Trust Fund.
Press Release | June 13, 2014
Postal Workers to Protest Outside Local Staples Store on Tues. – Pittsburgh is 1 of 4 Test Markets for Moving Mail from Post Offices to Staples Stores
Pressure Mounts on Struggling Company to Abandon Operating Postal Counters as “Don’t Buy” from Staples Campaign Wins Endorsement from Teachers, AFL-CIO
News Article | June 13, 2014
SEIU 32BJ, San Francisco Labor Council Join ‘Stop Staples’ Movement
SEIU 32BJ, representing 145,000 union members in 11 states and the District of Columbia, is boycotting all Staples retail stores in the U.S., Staples.com and Staples Advantage, as well as all Staples branded proprietary products. ALSO: San Francisco Labor Council has also joined the ‘Don’t Buy Stapl...
News Article | June 13, 2014
Potential Participants in Class-Action Settlement Should Exercise Caution, APWU Warns
APWU members who are potential participants in the settlement of a class-action discrimination case against the Postal Service must make a decision by June 19, but they should exercise caution in doing so, warns Human Relations Director Sue Carney.