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NY TIMES: As Trump Eyes the Postal Service, Concerns Grow Over Its Independence

March 6, 2025
President Trump’s attempt to exert more control over the U.S. Postal Service has fueled concerns that those efforts could hurt the agency’s ability to reliably deliver mail to all corners of the country, a mandate that is core to its mission.

Federal Retirement Fairness Act Reintroduced!

March 4, 2025
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 temporary postal and federal...

Labor News Briefs

November 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the November-December 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) ROCU members protest for One Fair Wage in Washington, D.C. Photo courtesy of ROCU Fighting for One Fair Wage For All  The federal minimum wage...

Fight for Working Class Unity

November 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the November-December 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By President Mark Dimondstein  "In Our Unity, Lies Our Strength!” “An Injury to One is an Injury to All!” These are crucial union principles for...

Let's Build The Grand Alliance

November 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the November-December 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) "Save and enhance the U.S. Postal Service” was the overwhelming spirit of the community field hearings held around the country by A Grand...

Bank Closings and Lack of Confidence Point the Way to Postal Banking

November 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the November-December 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Way back in 1956, an article in the Monthly Business Review made a case for ending the Postal Savings System (see box). “It would seem that the...

From the Field

November 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the November-December 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) From the Field is a new recurring feature for the American Postal Worker spotlighting statements from APWU local and state publications on a...

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