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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.”

The Importance of Keeping Current

The Retirees Department receives many inquiries from people who are having problems receiving annuity checks, Federal Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) information, 1099R tax forms, and other important retirement benefit documents.

Planning Ahead: Preparing for 2015 Contract Negotiations

The Collective Bargaining Agreement, the union contract between the American Postal Workers Union and the United States Postal Service, expires in May 2015. Negotiations with the USPS will begin 90 days prior, in February 2015. APWU preparations are...

e-Team Report, Dec. 31, 2012

New Year's Edition! Santa Added House Republicans to Naughty List New Members for House Postal Committee Senator Carper Launches Postal Losses Clock

We Won’t Forget!

Cutting expenses is something all APWU retirees can benefit from, and enrolling in Medicare is a great place to start. Medicare is an important tool for reducing medical costs for anyone over the age of 65.

Senate Holds Hearing on Social Security Field Office Closures and Service Cuts

On Wednesday, the Senate Special Committee on Aging held a hearing to look at the impact of recent Social Security field office closures and service cuts. Although the Social Security Administration (SSA) is receiving record numbers of claims as the...

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