TheAmericanPostalWorkersUnion(APWU)isalaborunionrepresentingover200,000employeesoftheUnitedStatesPostalService(USPS),aswellasthousandsofworkersinprivate-sectormailindustries.Foundedin1971,theAPWUadvocatesforfairwages,benefits,andworkingconditionsforitsmembers,includingclerks,maintenanceworkers,motorvehicleoperators,andotherUSPSemployees.Theunionplaysakeyroleincontractnegotiations,workplacesafety,andprotectingpostalworkers'rights.Throughcollectivebargainingandpoliticalactivism,theAPWUworkstoensurethestabilityandqualityoftheU.S.postalsystemwhilesupportingitsworkforce.
