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. To help you understand your options better, APWU has published a list of questions and answers for our members below.

Updated on 2/15/2025 - APWU and the USPS released an addendum to the 2025 VER Questions and Answers (Q&As). This clarifies some questions around employees who have reached minimum retirement age (MRA), are under age 60, and have 20 or more years regarding if the retirement is "VER" or "Optional". It also clarifies whether employees who are in the "capped" groups are required to retire or not if they fall outside the cap.