For Immediate Release 07/13/2015 – WASHINGTON â A âmeet and greetâ was held at the office of the American Postal Workers Union this evening between more than 40 U.S. labor leaders and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), who is running for president. âBernie Sanders has been an outspoken champion of postal customers, postal workers and the…
By Diane Alter – July 1, 2015 Judge Amit Mehtaâs preliminary injunction blocking the planned merger of Sysco Corp. and US Foods, the nationâs two largest broadline distributors of food and related supplies to restaurants and foodservice establishments, has given the American Postal Workers Union additional fodder in its campaign against the Staples/Office Depot merger….
By Stephanie Carson – May 18, 2015 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. â Florida postal workers have more on their minds this morning than the heavy load of Monday mail. The American Postal Workers Union contract is set to expire this Wednesday. Deborah Smith, representative for the Manatee Area Local Chapter of the American Postal Workers Union, says…
 By Tim Devaney – May 12, 2015 Postal workers are rallying for expanded service hours that they say would lead to more stable jobs. The American Postal Workers Union, which represents many of the behind-the-scenes postal workers like counter clerks and those who sort mail, is organizing a nationwide protest Thursday. The union does…
By John Greathouse Editor, The Pacer National Postal Press Association American Postal Workers Union Central Michigan Area Local â Lansing, MI In 2010 the Postal Service, under the guise of a financial crisis, began with what is best described as a âFire Saleâ! This financial crisis gave them the reason to begin the closing of…
February 4, 2015 UPDATE: The American Postal Workers Union says it “will vigorously opposeâ the “monopolistic and unlawful” Staples-Office Depot merger before the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission. The union says in a statement that the U.S. Postal Service “plans to transfer USPS work to Staples in order to reduce employment…
(January 13, 2015) FORT WAYNE, Ind. – A woman indicted back in November by a federal grand jury turned herself in to authorities on Monday. Pamela Nessen, who entered a not guilty plea before a federal judge on Tuesday, is accused of embezzling $58,598 while she served as the President of the American Postal Workers Union…
By Nicole Carr – January 12, 2015 FAYETTEVILLE (WTVD) — Marching through a downpour, about 30 postal workers made their way from the Airborne Special Operations Museum to the Green Street Post Office Monday morning. They didn’t mind the rain because 400 good paying, local jobs are at stake, they said. “U.S. Mail is not…
