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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.”
Dispute Over Restrictions on Casuals Hired for Dual Assignments Appealed to Arbitration
The APWU has appealed to arbitration a dispute concerning whether the provisions of Article 7.1.B.3 of the National Agreement that prohibits casuals from performing assignments that require training and testing includes PMRs (Postmaster reliefs)...
Vehicle Operations & Maintenance Assistants
The qualification standards for Vehicle Operations and Maintenance Assistant positions — VOMAs — were revised in January 2003. VOMAs are “all-craft” positions and can be bid on by members of any craft. VOMAs are not qualified to make major repairs.
Capitol Hill Event Puts Focus on Older Unemployed Workers
On Thursday, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) unveiled a new proposal to overhaul federal anti-poverty programs and shift more control to individual states. Under Ryan’s plan, most of the federal government’s anti-poverty programs, including food stamps and...
Operation Valentine
Being confined to a hospital or residing at one of the military housing facilities without the ability to drive makes it difficult to shop for a sweetheart or child’s valentine. Armed with stuffed toys from Operation Teddy Care and Valentine Day...
A New Day, A New Way in Organizing
A bright new day is here. As your newly elected director of Organization, I want to congratulate all the new and re-elected officers. To those who have left office, thank you for your years of dedication to the APWU. Without your hard work we would...