The APWU stands for unity of the labor movement as well as solidarity with the broader movements for peace and justice.

• Standing with striking Chicano apparel workers at the Farah Manufacturing Company in the 1970s.
• Supporting the Frontier Hotel workers in the 1990s.
• Backing the Farmworker Grape Boycott.
• Standing with Gallaudet University students in demanding a deaf/hard of hearing president.
• Participation in the AFL-CIO and the UNI Global Union.
• Participating in the 1981 and 1991 AFL-CIO Solidarity Day Actions.
• Opposing the war in Iraq in solidarity with the people of the world.
• Advocating for an end to South African Apartheid, sending observers to the 1994 election (first time citizens of all races were able to vote).
• Opposing the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
• Backing Native Americans at Standing Rock in protecting their lands.
• Participating in the Battle of Seattle against the World Trade Organization .
• Advocating for Martin Luther King Day as a federal holiday.