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 Windfall Elimination Provision...
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 Executive Board encourage all...
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 and working-class retirees....
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 than ever!”
This was the...
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, 2021, at the age of 84. Al was...