APWU Livestream Tonight – Celebrating the Great Postal Strike
Join APWU President Jonathan Smith tonight, March 10, at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT for a special episode of APWU Live celebrating the anniversary of the Great Postal Strike, which began 56 years ago in March 1970. President Smith will host a guest panel of 1970 strikers and APWU young members to discuss the strikers’ […]
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IAM Women’s Leadership Program Prepares Members to Lead at Every Level
The Women’s Leadership Program was recently held at the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology (W3) Center. The Leadership Program continues to empower IAM union sisters across the country, building the skills and confidence needed to take on active roles within their locals and districts. WATCH: Highlights of participants in the Women’s Leadership Program The
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IAM Union Brings Together Labor, Community Allies as Whirlpool Eliminates Nearly 400 Jobs
Nearly a hundred IAM Union members, community leaders, and elected officials recently gathered to demand accountability from Whirlpool Corp. as the company prepares to lay off approximately 341 workers at its Amana, Iowa, facility beginning Monday, March 9. The rally, co-hosted by IAM Union District 6 and the Hawkeye Area Labor Council, brought together allies
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IAM Members Rally in Olympia: Advocating for Worker Protections at the State Capitol
IAM Union members from across Washington state gathered at the State Capitol in Olympia to advocate for pro-worker legislation aimed at protecting working families. Under the strong leadership of Washington State Council President Steve Miller, who also serves as IAM District 160 Directing Business Representative, the voices of IAM members resonated loudly in the halls
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IAM District 142 Young Workers Summit Builds Next Generation of Union Leaders
More than 35 IAM young workers and staff from across the United States gathered in Phoenix, Ariz., for the IAM District 142 Young Workers Summit to educate, empower, and prepare the next generation of IAM leaders through discussion forums, workshops, activities, and a committee fair. The IAM District 142 Young Workers Committee organized the summit,
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IAM Organizing Department Helps West Virginia Weyerhaeuser Workers Win IAM Union Representation
Workers at Weyerhaeuser OSB in Heaters, W.Va. voted by an overwhelming majority to join the IAM Union, securing a powerful new voice on the job for approximately 140 employees. The Heaters, W.Va., facility is a mill that processes and produces OSB sheathing. The bargaining unit includes four operations crews, a maintenance team, and shipping. “This
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Women’s History Month Profiles: Ye Qing Wei
Women’s History Month Profiles: Ye Qing Wei
For Women’s History Month, we’re taking a look at a group of leaders who are currently active making women’s history across the labor movement. Check back daily for a new profile and meet some of the people working to improve not only their community, but also to improve conditions for working people across the country. Today’s profile is Ye Qing Wei of UNITE HERE.
Ye Qing Wei worked for 15 years as a room attendant at the Sheraton Boston Hotel, where she organized her co-workers to win a 46-day strike in 2018. Now she is an organizer with UNITE HERE Local 26, leading fights for hospitality workers across the Boston area to form unions, win strikes and secure life-changing standards. She is also the founding president of the Massachusetts chapter of the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance.
Kenneth Quinnell
Tue, 03/10/2026 – 09:38
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Service & Solidarity Spotlight: United Academics of KU Secures Historic First Collective Bargaining Agreement Ensuring Due Process, Other Benefits
Service & Solidarity Spotlight: United Academics of KU Secures Historic First Collective Bargaining Agreement Ensuring Due Process, Other Benefits
Working people across the United States regularly step up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our Service & Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story.
Faculty and academic staff at the University of Kansas (KU), represented by the United Academics of the University of Kansas (UAKU), announced Friday that they had reached a tentative first contract agreement.“Every step of the way we have seen the power of collective action, united across rank, position and title, in order to strengthen our institution and deliver the best possible education for our students,” said Marsha McCartney, UAKU’s co-lead negotiator and an associate teaching professor in psychology.The tentative agreement, when ratified, will establish a minimum salary structure that provides a median raise of 13% for several hundred workers on the lower end of the pay scale, a pool of money to address salary compression and reward professional performance, improved job security for nontenured faculty, a first-ever path to promotion for lecturers, safeguards for tenure and promotion, and enforceable protections for academic freedom and shared governance rights.“Faculty and academic staff have won a landmark agreement that will create ripples across our state. AFT-Kansas welcomes over 1,600 faculty and academic staff as we organize and fight for our collective labor rights,” said AFT-Kansas President Katie Warren.
Kenneth Quinnell
Tue, 03/10/2026 – 09:30
APWU Files Amicus Brief Supporting the Prohibition to Mail Concealable Handguns
The APWU has filed an amicus (“friend of the court”) brief in Shreve v. U.S. Postal Service (W.D. Pa.), a case challenging the federal law prohibiting individuals from mailing concealable handguns. The plaintiff argues that 18 U.S.C. §1715 — a 1927 law banning the mailing of concealable pistols, revolvers, and similar firearms by private individuals […]
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Heavy Equipment Operators, Administrative Staff at Joint Base Lewis-McChord Join the IAM Union
Heavy equipment operators and administrative staff working for Akima at Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) in Washington state have voted to join the IAM Union, securing a voice on the job and a path toward negotiating their first union contract. The campaign, led by IAM District W24 Business Representative and Organizer Aubria Hopes, brought together 10
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