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May 22, 2025
House Passes Bill to Eliminate the FERS Supplemental “Bridge” Payment
The House just passed H.R. 1, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which eliminates the FERS supplemental bridge payment and funnels $4.5 trillion in tax cuts to the ultra-wealthy. Our fight now moves to the Senate.
March 4, 2025
Federal Retirement Fairness Act Reintroduced!
On Feb. 24, 2025, the Federal Retirement Fairness Act, or H.R. 1522, was reintroduced in the House of Representatives by Rep. Gerald Connolly (D-VA-11) and Rep. David Valadao (R-CA-22). This bipartisan bill would allow t...
February 1, 2025
APWU Releases Q&As about 2025 Voluntary Early Retirement
The Voluntary Early Retirement (VER) recently announced for eligible postal workers by the Postal Service has generated many questions from the members of the APWU. The Postal Service published a list of questions and an...
December 21, 2024
Senate Passes Social Security Fairness Act, Securing Economic Justice for Postal, Federal, and Public-Sector Retirees
On Friday Dec. 20, the Senate voted 76-20 to pass The Social Security Fairness Act (H.R. 82), righting a decades-old wrong, and winning economic justice for postal, federal, and public-sector retirees by repealing the Wi...
May 17, 2023
Secretary-Treasurer Powell presents proclamation titled “Aging Unbound” for Older Americans Month
The month of May is Older American's Month. Secretary-Treasurer Powell presented a proclamation to the National Executive Board titled "Aging Unbound." The resolve of the proclamation reads, "Resolved, that the National...
January 20, 2023
The Debt Ceiling & Postal Workers
The Treasury Department announced on Thursday that the United States government has hit its statutory “debt limit.” The next several months will be full of political drama, with serious risks at hand for working people a...
January 6, 2022
APWU Retirees Still Fighting for Justice
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2022 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) The APWU Retirees Department “will offer great benefits to retirees and will make APWU bigger, better and stronger t...
November 12, 2021
APWU Retirees Still Fighting for Justice
(This article first appeared in the November/December issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) The APWU Retirees Department was saddened by the death of Alfred “Al” LaBrecque, who passed peacefully on August 18, 20...
November 12, 2021
The New Medicare Advantage Plan is a “Home Run!”
(This article first appeared in the November/December issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Recently, we spoke with former State of Maryland APWU President George Hayes about his experience using the UnitedHealt...
November 12, 2021
The New Medicare Advantage Plan is a “Home Run!”
(This article first appeared in the November/December issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Recently, we spoke with former State of Maryland APWU President George Hayes about his experience using the UnitedHealt...
September 1, 2021
Retirees Online Applications for Holiday Temp Jobs Due Sept. 6, 2021
Time is running short for APWU retirees who are interested in temporary work as: Annuitant Holiday Clerk Assistant (HCA) Annuitant Holiday Transportation Assistant (HTA) Retirees have the opportunity to be rehired as te...
August 27, 2021
Grief Management
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) When I attended the quarterly meeting of the Denver Metro Retiree Chapter on ZOOM, held on July 24, I was inspired to wr...
August 23, 2019
Big Changes Coming to TSP Withdrawal Options
On September 15, big changes are coming to your Thrift Savings Plan withdrawal options. You’ll be gaining options of how and when you can access money from your TSP account.
August 31, 2016
APWU Retirees: Still Fighting for Justice!
Byron Denton APWU retirees no longer work in the post office, but they are still a fighting force in the union and their communities. Delegates from around the country who attended the Retiree Conference held in conjunct...
August 31, 2016
APWU Retirees: Still Fighting for Justice!
Byron Denton APWU retirees no longer work in the post office, but they are still a fighting force in the union and their communities. Delegates from around the country who attended the Retiree Conference held in conjunct...