Members Are Asking...
Members have legitimate questions and deserve factual answers. “Why are we facing interest arbitration for a new contract when there was a tentative agreement?” “What was in it?” “Why didn’t I get a vote?” “When am I receiving raises and my next...
Thank You for Your Service
(This article first appeared in the November-December 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
By Retirees Director Nancy Olumekor
APWU member Betsy Huff at the Retiree
Conference in Las Vegas.
As we enter the season of gratitude, I want...
2018 Social Security COLA to Health Care Executive Order
HEADLINES: 2018 Social Security COLA will be 2.0%: Not Enough to Offset Medicare Part B Premiums; House Slashes Medicare to Fund Children’s Health Insurance Program; President Trump Signs Health Care Executive Order, Ends Affordable Care Act...
Organizing for Action in 2017
(This article first appeared in the November-December 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
Sisters and brothers, an important part of our fight to protect and secure our hard-earned benefits and to help to preserve the Postal Service...
Paltry COLA Will Leave Postal, Federal Retirees Worse Off
The APWU has joined with 74 other organizations to urge Congress to correct an outrageous disparity, Retirees Department Director Nancy Olumekor reports. Unless the legislature takes action, a miniscule 0.3 percent 2017 cost-of-living adjustment for...