For Immediate Release 07/13/2015 – WASHINGTON – A “meet and greet” 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. “Bernie Sanders has been an outspoken champion of postal customers, postal workers and the…
Published on May 18, 2015 APWU National Day of Action for Good Postal Service! Good Jobs! Good Contract! at an event in Washington, DC, on May 14, 2015, featuring Actor-Activist Danny Glover, APWU President Mark Dimondstein, Secretary-Treasurer Liz Powell, President of National Coalition on Black Civic Participation Melanie Campbell, CWA President Larry Cohen. Published on…
Web News Article #: 100-2015 05/11/2015 – Across the country, union activists are promoting the National Day of Action on May 14 and getting postcards signed that say, “I Stand with Postal Workers.” In Washington, DC, APWU officers distributed flyers and got postcards signed outside the Martin Luther King Jr. Post Office at 14th and…
May 1, 2014 – (This article appears in the May-June 2014 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Liz Powell, Secretary-Treasurer The APWU has a message for its youngest members: We need you! “We need the enthusiasm and creativity that young workers can bring to the APWU,” said President Mark Dimondstein. “We want young union…
