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APWU CALLS ON BIDEN TO ‘SAVE OUR POST OFFICE!’
In an online petition addressed to President Biden and Senate leadership, the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) is asking the leaders to quickly fill the four vacancies on the Postal Board of Governors in order to oust Postmaster Louis DeJoy.
New Jersey Congressman Pascrell to Biden: ‘Fire the Entire USPS Postal Board for Dereliction’
Congressman Bill Pascrell In a letter to President Biden, New Jersey Congressman Bill Pascrell says the entire United States Postal Board of Governors should be fired for “dereliction.” An ardent supporter of the USPS, Pascrell writes,“After several years of...
Biden Names Boston Mayor, LiUNA Member Marty Walsh as Labor Secretary
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, former president of LiUNA Local 223 and then-head of the Boston Building Trades, was chosen by President Biden to head the Labor Department. President Biden has named Boston Mayor Marty Walsh to head the Department of Labor. Walsh is former...
Biden Restores Collective Bargaining Power to Federal Employees
BIDEN RESTORES COLLECTIVE BARGAINING POWER TO FEDERAL EMPLOYEES Federal employees once again have protections at work. On January 22, President Biden revoked Trump’s anti-union Executive Orders 13836, 13837, and 13839. In 2018, President Trump issued the three...
Google Employees and Contractors Unionize
For nearly a year, a group of Google employees organized in secret to form the Alphabet Workers Union (AWU). The group grew from roughly 230 members on January 4 to more than 700 in just over a week. AWU, with the support of the Communications Workers of America...
