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The Social Security Fairness Act, H.R. 82, Passes the House of Representatives

November 13, 2024
On the evening of November 12, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 82, the Social Security Fairness Act, by an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote of 327 - 75. This bill seeks to repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension...

HAPPENING TODAY: House of Representatives Expected to Vote on the Social Security Fairness Act

November 12, 2024
The House is expected to vote on the Social Security Fairness Act Tuesday evening. We are asking every APWU member to call today, Tuesday, November 12 and demand our representatives vote YES on HR 82.

APWU, Sister Postal Unions Win Right to Bargain Over Cyber Intrusions

June 2, 2015
In a precedent-setting agreement approved by the National Labor Relations Board, the APWU and its sister postal unions won the right to bargain with the Postal Service over a massive data security breach that took place in 2014. The historic May 19...

Data Posted on Postmasters, Supervisors Performing Craft Work

June 1, 2015
A key feature of the Global Settlement Remedy Agreement, which was signed on Dec. 5, 2014, were provisions making it easier for union representatives to monitor when postmasters and supervisors perform bargaining unit work in excess of the hours...

Hocking Our Heritage – At a Discount

June 1, 2015
Murals depicting our nation's heritage grace the lobbies of many post offices. Here is Stagecouch, Overland Express and Riverboat Carrying U.S. Mail, by Valdimir Rousseff, which has been displayed in the Reedly, CA, Main Post Office since 1935.  (...

Fight for 15 Pushes On

June 1, 2015
George Askew, president of APWU Local 181, along with workers at McKeldin Square. (This article first appeared in the July-August 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) On April 15, hundreds of thousands of workers in 200 cities joined...

The Alliance Releases Annual Congressional Voting Record

May 29, 2015
On Tuesday, the Alliance released its annual report detailing the voting record of every U.S. Representative and Senator on issues important to current and future retirees. The voting record looks at ten key votes in both the Senate and the House...

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