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Reconciliation Legislation Passes - Attacks on Postal Pensions DEFEATED

July 3, 2025
On July 3, Trump's tax-and-spending reconciliation bill (H.R. 1) passed by narrow margins in the House and Senate, giving $4.5 trillion in tax cuts to the ultra-wealthy paid for by the working class. While we successfully fought off the threats most...

Privatizers Lay Out Their Plan for Destroying Public Postal Service

June 30, 2025
On June 24, the House Subcommittee on Government Operations held a hearing titled, “The Route Forward for the U.S. Postal Service: A View from Stakeholders.”

POStPlan Implementation’s Questions and Answers

September 16, 2020
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) On July 13, 2020, the parties at the Headquarters level agreed to the following Q and A regarding POStPlan Installation: What are the timelines...

National and Local Officers Use Media to Spread the Word on the Postal Service

September 16, 2020
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) As the crisis facing the Postal Service began gathering large public attention in July and August, the media came to the APWU for insight on the...

APWU Members Rally with Community to Demand Congress Save the Post Office and Stop Delays

September 16, 2020
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) In the previous issue of The American Postal Worker, we reported on the highly successful day of action on June 23 – with the delivery of two...

2020 APWU Scholarship Winners

September 16, 2020
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) The APWU proudly presents the winners of three scholarship programs: the E.C. Hallbeck Memorial Scholarship, the Vocational Scholarship and the...

Retirement Benefit Questions

September 16, 2020
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) What will happen to your federal retirement benefit should you resign/separate from the USPS prior to being eligible to retire depends on...

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