American Postal Workers Union
- American Postal Workers Union
Infobox Union|
name= APWU
country= United States
affiliation= AFL-CIO, UNI
members= 330,000
full_name= American Postal Workers Union
native_name=
founded= July 1, 1971
current=
head=
dissolved_date=
dissolved_state=
merged_into=
office= Washington, D.C.
people= William Burrus, president
website= [http://www.apwu.org www.apwu.org]
footnotes=
The American Postal Workers Union (APWU) is a labor union in the United States. It represents employees of the United States Postal Service who are clerks, maintenance employees, and motor vehicle service workers. It also represents approximately 2,000 private-sector mail workers.
The APWU is affiliated to the AFL-CIO, and Union Network International.
History
Postal workers in the United States first won collective bargaining rights after the U.S. Postal Service strike of 1970.
The APWU was founded on July 1, 1971, by a merger of five postal unions. The United Federation of Postal Clerks and the National Postal Union, the two largest unions, and the National Association of Post Office and General Service Maintenance Employees, the National Federation of Motor Vehicle Employees, and the National Association of Special Delivery Messengers.
APWU presidents
* William Burrus (2001-present)
* Moe Biller (1980-2001)
* Emmett Andrews (1977-1980)
* Stu Filbey (1971-1977)
ee also
* United States Postal Service
* National Rural Letter Carriers' Association
* National Association of Letter Carriers
External links
* [http://www.apwu.org APWU] official site.
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