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News Article | November 2, 2025
What We Decide Matters
The upcoming APWU convention in Chicago will be an exciting opportunity to engage in hands-on democracy. Elected delegates from every local and state organization will gather together to make important decisions about the future of the Postal Service, our union, and therefore, the labor movement as...
News Article | November 2, 2025
Union: It’s Who We Are
During this year’s organizing campaign we will remind each other of a basic truth: We are the union. For everyone’s benefit we have joined together to fight injustice in the workplace and to bargain for better working conditions.
News Article | November 2, 2025
Dues Rebate Checks to Locals and State Organizations
Each APWU local and state organizations receives its share of union dues from the national union every two weeks, along with a Dues Check-Off (DCO) list showing its members.
News Article | November 2, 2025
A New Day, A New Way in Organizing
A bright new day is here. As your newly elected director of Organization, I want to congratulate all the new and re-elected officers. To those who have left office, thank you for your years of dedication to the APWU. Without your hard work we would not enjoy many of the benefits and privileges we ha...
News Article | November 2, 2025
Seniors Show Support for APWU
Seniors showed support for the APWU’s critical issues by signing Stop Staples postcards addressed to the company’s CEO, Ron Sargent, at the convention of the 4.2 million-member Alliance for Retired Americans April 28-May 1. The delegates understood what action the USPS should take to better serve th...
News Article | November 2, 2025
Stand Up for Your Rights
The lyrics from the famous tune by Bob Marley sum it all up: Get up, Stand up, Stand up for your rights! We must adopt these words as our marching orders if we are going to save the USPS from postal managers, members of Congress and the Wall Street privatizers who want to dismantle the Postal Servic...
News Article | November 2, 2025
Joining Our Allies In the Labor Movement
The AFL-CIO’s state federations and local labor councils are where workers share our stories and struggles — not as they are interpreted in two-minute television news reports, but in our own words, as we understand them.
News Article | November 2, 2025
‘Keeping It Local’ with Political Activism
News Article | November 2, 2025
Health Insurance: A Must Read
The U.S. Postal Service is plotting to take away our health insurance and replace it with a USPS-sponsored healthcare plan that is outside of the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP).
News Article | November 2, 2025
Activate Your List Protect Your Right to Vote
In the January-February issue of this magazine, I asked readers to make a list of contacts who will serve as a support network for the midterm elections. Now that you have your list together, it’s time to put it into action.
News Article | November 2, 2025
Dues Check-Off Printout
The Dues Check-Off (DCO) printout — sent to each local and state union — is a list of members who are having dues withheld.
News Article | November 2, 2025
Join the APWU Retirees Department Today
For only $36 per year (which can be deducted in $3 increments from your monthly annuity check), your membership entitles you to a voice in union affairs and to participate in:
News Article | November 2, 2025
Who Do You Believe?
There is an expression, “Who do you believe – your lying eyes or me?” Well, APWU union representatives are accustomed to managers being less than honest about their actions during Labor-Management meetings and at various steps of the grievance procedure. But the recent roll-out of the Postmaster Gen...
News Article | November 2, 2025
e-Team Report, Feb. 1, 2013
Upcoming Senate Hearing on Postal Finances Who Is Your Legislative & Political Grassroots Coordinator? USPS Job Cuts Weigh Heavily on Minorities and Veterans Postal Reform Can’t Wait! AFL-CIO’s Favors Comprehensive Immigration Reform that Strengthens Labor Rights for All
News Article | November 2, 2025
Postal Workers: Now is the Time to Get Involved!
For many years most of our membership has left too much of the fighting for jobs, better wages and our rights and benefits to stewards and officers. It’s not enough. We all have to do more. Times have changed. We have fought off privatization for years. We have come up against a government that has...