Information about efforts to maintain public postal services for all Americans.
Information about efforts to maintain public postal services for all Americans.
The latest news on USPS plant consolidations and post office service cuts.
APWU is on the front lines of the legislative battle to preserve the Postal Service as a public service for the American People.
04/18/2019 - On April 15, Tax Day, thousands of APWU members and allies took to the street to spread the news that the US Mail Runs on Zero Tax Dollars! At more than 100 locations from Hawaii to New England, activists fighting for the public good passed out flyers and spoke to citizens about the vital, public good the USPS provides, all without a dollar of taxpayer money.
04/12/2019 - The lighthearted video below makes a crucial point – of all the many things the Postal Service will accept from the public, tax dollars are not one of them. The video advertisement's release is in coordination with Tax Day actions all over the country on Monday, April 15.
Watch and share the video with your friends and family.
04/17/2019 - On Thursday, Apr. 11, nearly 31,000 workers at over 240 Stop & Shop grocery stores in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut walked out, beginning a strike that stretched into a seventh day on Wednesday. The workers, unionized under five New England-based locals of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW), began the strike after months of negotiations with Stop & Shop reached an impasse and the collective bargaining agreement expired on Feb. 23.
The strike is the largest private-sector work stoppage in the United States since 2016’s Verizon strike by members of the Communications Workers of America.
04/09/2019 - In our continuing efforts to get the contract the members deserve, the APWU invoked mediation on April 3, 2019 – sending a letter to the Acting Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service and to the Postal Service. The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) is a federal agency that provides public and private-sector labor-management mediation, and by law it is responsible for facilitating the APWU’s demand for mediation with the Postal Service.
04/05/2019 - 
Each year on April 28 we observe Workers Memorial Day. It’s a day when working people throughout the world remember those who were hurt or killed on the job and recommit to the struggle for a safe workplace. This year we are standing united against ongoing attacks on workers’ rights and protections. Click here to order Workers Memorial Day material for your local or state organization and Stand Up for Safe Jobs!
04/01/2019 - (This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
By President Mark Dimondstein
Our labor anthem is “Solidarity Forever.” I sign letters “in union solidarity.”
But what is solidarity?
The dictionary definition is: “unity or agreement of feeling or action, especially among individuals with a common interest; mutual support within a group.”
There are many examples of real-life solidarity:
More than 70 national organizations have joined forces with APWU to launch A Grand Alliance to Save Our Public Postal Service.
Updated 04/18/2019
USPS efforts to cut the nation’s mail processing network persists, but the union is fighting back.
Updated 01/16/2019
Privatizers on Wall Street and in Congress are eager to defund and dismantle the Postal Service so they can turn over the profitable pieces to their cronies in private industry, undermining universal service to the American people.
Updated 04/18/2019
Across the country, the people are fighting back against the closure of post offices and shorter hours of operation, which weaken service and threaten the future of our beloved national treasure.
Updated 01/16/2019
The USPS is well positioned to provide basic financial services to those whose needs are unmet by the traditional financial sector.
Updated 04/02/2019
Legislation that preserves the USPS as a public service for the American people is an over-arching goal of the APWU.
Updated 04/02/2019
Postal workers and customers across the country have a message for the Postmaster General and the USPS Board of Governors: Stop Delaying America's Mail!
Updated 04/18/2019
The APWU is fighting to stop a shady deal between the USPS and Staples, which jeopardizes mail service and local post offices – along with thousands of living-wage jobs.
Updated 03/01/2018
Mark Dimondstein: The U.S. Postal Service is owned by the people — let's keep it that way
"Keep It, It's Yours." Postal Workers' Message to Public Denounces Trump Privatization Plan
Fighting Back Against Trump Administration's Plan to Privatize the Postal Service.
APWU fights Trump's plan to privatise the United States Postal Service
USPS Workers Push Back Against Attacks And Threats Of Privatization
Humorous Postal Worker Video Makes Serious Point
Postal Workers Rally in Erie and Across the United States
Dozens rally against privatizing US Postal Service notion on tax filing deadline day
Post Office workers protest in Macon against privatization of USPS
Postal Reform: Nothing Will Come of Nothing
Mold discovered in ceiling of Muscle Shoals Post Office
Report: Package containing motorcycle battery explodes at post office northeast of the QC
Amazon is delivering packages out of 'carnival' tents in a mad race to catch up to UPS and FedEx
Federal agency to examine privatized Medicaid systems including in Iowa
Massive Stop & Shop Strike Raises the Stakes for 2020 Democrats
The largest private sector strike in years is playing out at supermarkets across the Northeast
Mercury Spill At Postal Facility In Warrendale Stalls Delivery Of Packages
Former Manager Of Bulk Mailing Company Admits $1.5 Million Mail Fraud Conspiracy
Oversight of Highway Contract Routes – Insurance
What’s Driving Postal Transportation Costs?
Union says mail carrier shortages are hampering delivery service
AFL-CIO leader suggests he'd welcome NAFTA withdrawal -- to force more negotiations
Finalized NAFTA 2.0 Deal Unlikely by Late Summer, AFL-CIO Says
How killing Obamacare could backfire for Trump
Americans Borrowed $88 Billion to Pay for Health Care Last Year, Survey Finds
Equal Pay Day is a reminder that you can’t mansplain away the gender pay gap
Nurses Strike in New York: Threat Increases Over ‘Safe Staffing’ Levels
Tanzania Postal Bank launches savings account for women
OSHA fines USPS in Jacksonville $129,336 for exposing mail carriers to August heat
President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Personnel to Key Administration Posts - “John McLeod Barger of California, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service..."
Amazon Workers in Minnesota Hold Overnight Strike for Better Conditions
Trump’s New Overtime Rule Would Leave Millions Of Workers Out
House passes sweeping electoral reform bill despite Republican resistance
Wendy's and Its Tomatoes Come Under Fire From Farm Workers' Campaign
Use of drones in postal industry can be implemented within five years
SA Post Office turnaround staked on e-commerce and drone deliveries
New Canada Post President and CEO appointed
