Workers Unite to Save Postal Service

Posted on June 11, 2014June 11, 2014 by 21cpw

The existence of the US Postal Service is anathema to capitalist and free market ideologists in the US. Here stands a colossal, unionized organization of workers—once nearly a million strong—working in what essentially is a nationalized industry, bringing universal service at the lowest price possible, without trying to make a profit or paying shareholder dividends….

Union Members: Get Involved!

Posted on May 29, 2014 by 21cpw

As members, it’s your right to speak up and participate.

Mark Dimondstein | Every day is Labor Day

Posted on May 14, 2014May 14, 2014 by 21cpw

Mark Dimondstein kept Boise Weekly waiting for nearly an hour-and-a-half. He had been waylaid by a union meeting, and another, and still another–regional members of the American Postal Workers Union had gathered in Boise in mid April and they wanted some face-time with their new national union president. By the time BW had the opportunity…

The Brief Origins of May Day | Industrial Workers of the World

Posted on May 1, 2014May 7, 2014 by 21cpw

By Eric Chase – 1993. Most people living in the United States know little about the International Workers’ Day of May Day. For many others there is an assumption that it is a holiday celebrated in state communist countries like Cuba or the former Soviet Union. Most Americans don’t realize that May Day has its…