Campaign for Dignity and Respect: Stand up For Safe Jobs

Postal workers are essential workers who keep our mail moving. Whether it’s a birthday card or life-saving medications, we move millions of pieces of mail from one end of the country to another. Often unseen, we are proud of our work to bind the country together.

We deserve a job where we can show up, safely do our work, and clock out knowing that we’ve contributed to the postal mission. But a vicious cycle of short staffing and a toxic work culture hurts postal workers and our communities.


For far too long, the Postal Service’s leadership has failed to promote a healthy workplace environment.


The culture of bullying and toxicity from managers has created a hostile work environment that makes workers’ lives miserable, hurts everyone’s morale, and, too often, forces dedicated workers out of the service.

On Workers Memorial Day, postal workers across the country began a campaign to demand dignity, respect, and adequate staffing to get the job done.

The culture of bullying and toxicity from managers has created a hostile work environment that makes workers’ lives miserable, hurts everyone’s morale, and, too often, forces dedicated workers out of the service.

We are saying “Enough is enough!” and taking action together to demand Dignity and Respect from postal management. It’s time to end the short-staffing crisis, stop management’s toxic practices, and keep delivering a strong public Postal Service.

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APWU Workers Memorial Day of Action Recap

On April 28, Workers Memorial Day, APWU members kicked off a nationwide campaign to demand dignity & respect in the workplace. Your local actions were shared across media outlets throughout the country. While we’ve made an impact, the struggle for justice continues; we still have a lot of work to do to hold postal management accountable to address short-staffing and hostile work environments. Be inspired to get involved:

EVERY ONE OF US CAN GET INVOLVED!

1) WEAR A STICKER:

Wear campaign stickers in support of our campaign to end toxic workplace environments and short staffing.

2) RECORD A VIDEO

Take a minute to record a video sharing how ending hostile workplaces in USPS facilities can help you deliver better services.

Record a Video

Record a video!

Postal workers, like all workers, deserve a job where we can show up, safely do our work, and clock out knowing that we put in a good day’s work. But a vicious cycle of toxic work culture and short staffing is hurting postal workers and the communities we serve. We are speaking up together to demand dignity and respect from postal management so that we can end the short-staffing crisis, stop toxic management practices, and keep delivering a strong public Postal Service.

Will you speak up too? Take a minute to record a video sharing how ending hostile workplaces in USPS facilities can help you deliver better services. 

Share a story to inspire your coworkers to speak up together against hostile work environments. Such as:

  • a) Why postal workers deserve dignity and respect;
  • b) A time you spoke up against workplace harassment; or
  • c) Why postal workers need to speak up now to end toxic work environments.

Start Recording ›

Resources for the Campaign for Dignity and Respect

Workers Memorial Day Image of three Stickers: 1) APWU Postal Workers Deserve Dignity & Respect; 2) Let's Stop Workplace Harassment APWU Speak Up Together; 3) Stop Workplace Harassment

Check the resources below to download one of three sticker designs:

  1. APWU Postal Workers Deserve Dignity & Respect;
  2. Let's Stop Workplace Harassment APWU Speak Up Together;
  3. Stop Workplace Harassment

Photos from our April 28 Day of Action

See the full gallery of images from Workers Memorial Day on our Flickr account:

APWU - Workers Memorial Day on Flickr