The Legislative and Political Department helps advance the union's cause on Capitol Hill and keeps the APWU members informed about important issues and legislative developments. Working with the union's president, we are the APWU's eyes, ears, and voice in Washington, DC.
July 3, 2025
On July 3, Trump's tax-and-spending reconciliation bill (H.R. 1) passed by…
May 22, 2025
The House just passed H.R. 1, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which elimi…
May 20, 2025
On March 18, the Paycheck Protection Act (H.R. 2174) was introduced in the…
May 19, 2025
Legislative & Political Director Judy Beard urges members to call on Congre…
April 17, 2025
The APWU delegation at the CLUW NEB gathered to make our message clear: “Ha…
March 31, 2025
On March 27, a bipartisan group in the Senate introduced Senate Resolution…
Legislative & Political Director Judy Beard urges members to call on Congress to support H. Res. 70, which ensures the Postal Service is not subject to privatization, andto continue to fight privatization and informs readers aboutof recently introducednew anti-union bills to watch.
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In an event viewed live by hundreds of thousands of people, Sen. Bernie Sanders and the leaders of major postal unions discussed how we must work together to save our public Postal Service.
The U.S. Postal Service has long been an important source of decent jobs, particularly for people of color, who make up 40 percent of their workforce. In the current crisis, postal workers are playing a particularly vital role in our nation’s economic and public health as they strain to meet the surge in demand for package deliveries. At the same time, mail volume has plummeted as a result of the crisis. Without emergency relief, the Postal Service is facing a real threat of insolvency.
‘So how did you come up with this recommendation or plan on privatizing the Postal Service – Keeping in mind that the Postal Service does not fund itself with taxpayers dollars. It funds itself based on the sale of their products, in addition to that it, operates under a directive of the Constitution? So how did you come up with a plan to privatize it when you have not engaged the organization…this is a very severe recommendation. It’s very high level to say ‘I’ma privatize’ and then actually put it on the selling block for the highest bidder…This body who has the legislative responsibility based on the people who voted us here, I would hope every single one of us will stand up and have the political courage to say…this is not professional and it looks political and unacceptable.’
The public Postal Service will take almost anything, but doesn’t take any taxpayer dollars! Spread the word!
The USPS operates with ZERO tax dollars! Learn more at usmailnotforsale.org.
If the U.S. Postal Service is sold to private corporations, you won’t get your mail every day – maybe only every third day – and you will pay more for mail services. Learn more about the White House’s proposal to sell the postal service at: usmailnotforsale.org.
