Postal Workers Protest Privatization

Posted on August 22, 2018 by mailomg in Uncategorized // 0 Comments

APWU Convention

Thousands of members of the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) rallied in downtown Pittsburgh to protest USPS privatization ahead of release of the Presidential Task Force on the Postal Service. The APWU is holding its annual convention there … (click to read more)

Pictured above, Lee Saunders, chair of the AFL-CIO’s political committee and president of AFSCME, speaking at the APWU Convention.

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