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Orange Julius Cesar strips rights from Working Americans

on April 10, 2025in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: afge, afl-cio, aflcio, afscme, aft, apwu, bac, collective bargaining union rights, CWA, economic stability, epi, Executive Order, family supporting jobs, iam, iamaw, IFPTE, LIUNA, Liz Shuler, nalc, national security, public health, safe jobs, safety, Stephanie Bloomingdale, trump, wisconsin, wisconsin afl cio, workers rights

The Trump administration issued a new executive order stripping collective bargaining and union rights from workers across the federal government. Advocates for working people condemned the move. AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler issued the following statement: Straight out of Project 2025, this executive order is the very definition of union-busting. It strips the fundamental right to […]

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NALC statement on DeJoy’s exit from USPS

on March 26, 2025in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: afge, aflcio, agency, America, apwu, Brian Renfroe, Commerce Department, dejoy, Department of Government Efficiency, DOGE, Donald Trump, Executive Order, firing, government agency, louis dejoy, nalc, National Association of Letter Carriers, obligation, Postal Board of Governors, postal service, postmaster general, President Donald Trump, privatization, public Postal Service, reorganization, trump, trust, universal service, veterans, White House, wwaflcio

NALC President Brian L. Renfroe issued the following statement regarding Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s exit from the Postal Service:  Today was Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s last day at the Postal Service. During his tenure, NALC worked in good faith with DeJoy on behalf of our 295,000 active and retired members. The USPS Board of Governors‘ […]

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Trump’s FBI Director Tells Workers To Ignore Elon Musk’s Job Ultimatum

on February 23, 2025in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: afge, aflcio, agency, America, apwu, ben blanchet, Brian Renfroe, cnn, Commerce Department, Department of Government Efficiency, DOGE, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Executive Order, fbi, firing, government agency, huffington post, kash patel, musk, nalc, National Association of Letter Carriers, new york times, obligation, opm, Postal Board of Governors, postal service, President Donald Trump, privatization, public Postal Service, reorganization, trump, trust, universal service, veterans, Washington Post, White House, wwaflcio

  Newly-confirmed FBI director Kash Patel, a loyalist to President Donald Trump, told bureau employees late Saturday to hit “pause” on responding to an Office of Personnel Management inquiry that billionaire Elon Musk warned could result in ousters among the federal workforce. Patel — a “deep state” conspiracy theorist who has a list of dozens […]

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Statement of APWU President Mark Dimondstein on Attacks to the Public Postal Service

on February 23, 2025in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: afge, aflcio, agency, America, apwu, Brian Renfroe, Commerce Department, Department of Government Efficiency, DOGE, Donald Trump, Executive Order, firing, government agency, nalc, National Association of Letter Carriers, obligation, Postal Board of Governors, postal service, President Donald Trump, privatization, public Postal Service, reorganization, trump, trust, universal service, veterans, Washington Post, White House, wwaflcio

Mark Dimondstein, President, APWU The Washington Post has reported that the Trump Administration will soon issue an Executive Order firing the Postal Board of Governors, and placing the United States Postal Service under the control of the Commerce Department. If this reporting is true, it would be an outrageous, unlawful attack on a storied national […]

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NALC statement on Trump’s executive order attacking the Postal Service

on February 21, 2025in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: aflcio, agency, America, Brian Renfroe, Commerce Department, Department of Government Efficiency, DOGE, Donald Trump, Executive Order, firing, government agency, nalc, National Association of Letter Carriers, obligation, Postal Board of Governors, postal service, President Donald Trump, privatization, public Postal Service, reorganization, trump, universal service, veterans, Washington Post, wwaflcio

NALC statement on Trump’s executive order attacking the Postal Service   NALC President Brian L. Renfroe released the following statement regarding reports from The Washington Post that President Donald Trump plans to issue an executive order firing the members of the Postal Board of Governors and placing the agency under the control of the Commerce […]

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Local Unionists Assist with the 2024 Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive

on May 30, 2024in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: aflcio, aft 6502, annual food drive, community assistance, coulee region, donating food, family supporting jobs, food, food drive, Great Rivers United Way, IAM 1115, ibew 14, La Crescent Food Shelf, La Crosse Hunger Task Force, largest one-day food drive, local food banks, Melanie Cary, Mike Davis Jr, nalc, nalc branch 59, National Association of Letter Carriers, Onalaska Food Basket, poverty, second Saturday in May, stamp out hunger, two billion pounds of food, union, volunteering to help, WAFER, Western Wisconsin, western wisconsin afl-cio

Unionists had a busy day helping collect food donations for area pantries. They were collecting for the Stamp Out Hunger food drive on Saturday May 11, 2024, in the La Crosse area. After collection, donations are sorted and distributed to food banks. This year’s food bank recipients include the La Crosse Hunger Task Force, WAFER, Onalaska […]

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Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive

on May 9, 2024in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: aflcio, annual food drive, community assistance, coulee region, donating food, family supporting jobs, food, food drive, Great Rivers United Way, ibew 14, largest one-day food drive, local food banks, nalc, nalc branch 59, National Association of Letter Carriers, poverty, second Saturday in May, stamp out hunger, two billion pounds of food, union, volunteering to help, Western Wisconsin, western wisconsin afl-cio

The National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC)’s annual food drive is largest one-day food drive in the nation. The NALC effort is held annually on the second Saturday in May in 10,000 cities and towns in every part of the country. Residents put out non-perishable food donations on that day, which letter carriers collect as […]

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31st Annual NALC Food Drive – Please lend a hand

on May 10, 2023in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: aflcio, coulee region, Great Rivers United Way, la crosse, nalc, nalc branch 59, NALC Food Drive, nalc food drive 2023, volunteer, western wisconsin afl-cio, Western Wisconsin Central Labor Council, wisconsin, wwaflcio

The National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC)’s annual food drive is largest one-day food drive in the nation. The NALC effort is held annually on the second Saturday in May in 10,000 cities and towns in every part of the country. Residents put out non-perishable food donations on that day, which letter carriers collect as they […]

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NALC statement regarding increased attacks on letter carriers

on May 10, 2023in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: aflcio, armed robberies, assaults, murders, nalc, nalc branch 59, safe work places, safe workplaces, worker safety, wwaflcio

Due to increasing instances of criminal acts, including targeted and violent attacks, being committed against city letter carriers, National Association of Letter Carriers Executive Vice President Paul Barner issued the following statement. “The National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) is outraged and angered by the assaults, armed robberies and even murders that America’s letter carriers […]

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Bloomingdale on the Death of NALC Branch 2 member Aundre Cross

on December 17, 2022in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: afl-cio, Aundre Cross, coworker, nalc, press release, safe work, safe work places, statement, Stephanie Bloomingdale, union member, violence, wisconsin afl cio, Wisconsin AFL-CIO President, worker safety

Wisconsin AFL-CIO President Stephanie Bloomingdale 12/13/2022 “We are shocked and heartbroken by the on the job murder of our union brother Aundre Cross, a member of the National Association of Letter Carriers Branch 2 who was shot and killed on December 9 while walking his postal route, delivering the mail to serve our communities. We […]

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