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(This article first appeared in the January/February 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
With negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement between the USPS and the APWU now at an impasse, we are heading into interest...
Auto Workers Laid Off
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
By Industrial Relations Director Vance Zimmerman
Recently, General Motors (GM) and Ford announced massive layoffs and plant closings. GM ...
APWU and Union Allies March in Solidarity with CUPW
On Jan. 15, APWU officers and members protested with union sisters and brothers from the NALC, National Nurses United, Teamsters, the BCTGM (Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers) International Union, and SEIU outside the Canadian...
Canadian Postal Workers Forced Back to Work, The Struggle Continues
Strikers on Prince Edward Island
In late October, our postal brothers and sisters in the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) began rotating strikes across the country, their legal right under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (part of...
APWU Officers Join Protest to #StopTheShutdown
On January 10, APWU officers and members joined hundreds of furloughed federal government employees, labor leaders, congressional representatives and other allies on the steps of the “House of Labor,” the AFL-CIO, to demand an end to the government...