The American Postal Workers Union (APWU) is a national labor union that represents career employees of the United States Postal Service — primarily clerks, maintenance, motor vehicle and support personnel — and advocates for collective bargaining, workplace safety, job security, and the preservation of affordable universal postal service.
Collective bargaining and labor rights; wages, benefits and pensions for postal employees; workplace safety and staffing levels; opposition to privatization and contracting out; preservation and funding of the USPS universal service obligation; postal reform that protects jobs and service to communities.
Primarily funded by member dues and assessments, supplemented by revenue from training, publications, and modest investment income.
Affiliated with the AFL-CIO and allied with other postal and federal-employee unions such as the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC), National Postal Mail Handlers Union (NPMHU), and the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE).
Labor union (national trade union, non-profit)
