About the Organization Department
The Organization Department helps strengthen the APWU at the local, state and national level by maintaining and increasing the membership of our union.
The Director is responsible for organizing the unorganized, promoting and advising membership committees in all phases of membership recruitment programs. The department also prepares and maintains organizing material to the respective membership for all APWU divisions.
Director Anna Smith can be reached at (202) 842-4227 or email: asmith@apwu.org.
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Protecting Our Rights During the Threats We Face!
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2025 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
The threats to our collective bargaining rights are very real. There are new policies that some people in power want to implement, which could signi cantly impact our ability to negotiate for our wages, rights, and benefits. Organization Director Anna Smith provides ways postal workers can protect our rights.
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Organizing Resources
March 24, 2025
Protecting Our Rights During the Threats We Face!
The threats to our collective bargaining rights are very real. There are new policies that some people in power want to...
January 15, 2025
Organizing for the Year Ahead
Organizing Director Anna Smith shares tips on how to make union organizing a part of your new year’s resolutions.
November 18, 2024
The Myth of the ‘Holiday PSE’
You will not find a PSE position title of, “Holiday PSE,” “Temporary PSE,” “Peak Season PSE” or “360-PSE.” The postal...
August 26, 2024
Join Our Fight as We Continue to Organize for a Stronger Union
Organization Director Anna Smith highlights the top locals in several categories who increased their membership...
About the Organization Department
The Organization Department helps strengthen the APWU at the local, state and national level by recruiting new members and increasing the membership in our union.
The Organization Director works with our union’s leadership at every level to create and maintain organizing materials that are an effective appeal to prospective members of all divisions and crafts. The department promotes, encourages, and advises membership committees in all the phases of local and national membership recruitment programs.
Additional activities of the Organization Department include:
- The development and implementation of innovative training programs to best equip our organizers at the local, state and national level.
- Monitor and evaluate our membership data to discover where our efforts are working and where to focus our resources to the greatest effect.
- Work with all other department and divisions at the headquarters level to incorporate a comprehensive message of the full benefit of APWU membership.
- Create new methods of streamlining our membership process with an emphasis on accuracy and lowering the workload on our locals.
- Providing new tools to make organizing our membership easier, more accurate and effective for our local and state organizations.
IT TAKES ALL OF US - The Union isn’t a 3rd Party
Organizing our membership is every member’s job all the time. The success of our organizing effort is dependent on local and state involvement. The Organization Department is committed to providing the tools for us to succeed but it is only with your help that we can reach our goal of maximum solidarity.
I welcome all of our brothers and sisters to join in the organization effort and if you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to contact us at (202) 842-4227.