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.
06/18/2018 - 
Brother Steven G. Raymer, who served as the union’s Maintenance Division Director for the past 17 years, was on the union’s National Executive Board and a lifetime trade unionist passed away suddenly from a heart attack on June 16, 2018. Steve was 61 at the time of his death.
06/14/2018 - 
June 26 is a big day for hundreds of thousands of postal workers and our families. It’s the opening day of contract negotiations for our new collective bargaining agreement. June 26 is a day to stand up, speak out and show pride in our union and solidarity with our bargaining team.
Let’s all wear our stickers, showing we are “Fighting Today for a Better Tomorrow.”
Download PDF (487.07 KB)06/14/2018 - 
on Union Gear Thursday!
If your local is FIRED UP AND READY TO GO send union gear and contract action images to communications@apwu.org.
06/08/2018 - APWU met with the White House Task Force on the Postal Service on Tuesday, June 6 and presented a series of recommendations and supporting materials on how the USPS could improve services, become more financially stable, and continue to remain a treasured public institution offering universal service to all citizens, regardless of where they live or work.
06/04/2018 - Have you ever wanted to tell the Postmaster General a thing or two? Now you can. 
The APWU Contract Campaign is asking members to submit short videos to the union telling the story of the work you and other union members perform daily serving the publicand why you need a new – and fair contract! Tell your story on an APWU video and your APWU bargaining team will carry your message on to the bargaining table.>> Click here for the video submission form <<
06/01/2018 - 
When David Rodriguez first began at the U.S. Post Office Department in 1958, employees would show up and have to wait until work was available, resulting in 12- to 15-hour days with minimal pay. Not until 1963, with President Kennedy’s executive order, did federal employees have the right to even limited collective bargaining.
More than 70 national organizations have joined forces with APWU to launch A Grand Alliance to Save Our Public Postal Service.
Updated 06/08/2018
USPS efforts to cut the nation’s mail processing network persists, but the union is fighting back.
Updated 03/01/2018
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 06/08/2018
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 07/01/2017
The USPS is well positioned to provide basic financial services to those whose needs are unmet by the traditional financial sector.
Updated 05/01/2018
Legislation that preserves the USPS as a public service for the American people is an over-arching goal of the APWU.
Updated 06/08/2018
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 06/08/2018
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
Postal Service: More financial loss as mail delivery slumps
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The Evolution of US Postal Service Uniforms
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US Postal Service censured for forcing out disabled staff
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K-9 teams try to slow alarmingly productive postal pipeline for opioids, other drugs
Post offices that are also banks? Genius idea. But don't hold your breath
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Paul Krugman: Tax cut turning out to be a 'nothing burger'
Labor board declines to intervene in Pueblo teacher dispute
Teacher Pay Is So Low in Some U.S. School Districts That They’re Recruiting Overseas
Amid rampant inequality, are labor movements making a comeback?
“Strikes have not died out in the 21st century, they are being transformed”
Roget slams govt’s proposal to raise retirement age to 65
Canadian workers offer pension lessons for the UK
Workers, activists mark May Day with defiant rallies
Breaking Gridlock: The Postal Service Task Force
Nominees to Postal Board Promise to Challenge Trump on Any False Amazon Claims
Transactional Mail: Implications for the Postal Service
Congressman Introduces Bill Addressing Postal Delivery Rates
Bernie Sanders Has a Plan To Save The Postal Service
Unions, business groups weigh in on NLRB election rules
White House Said to Freeze Labor Board Funding
Tax cut riches have gone to execs and investors over workers by nearly 3-to-1 margin
Arizona Teachers Vote To Strike, Sparking Statewide Walkout
