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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 Initiated Over 60 Day Excessing Notice to Employees

The union recently intiated a national dispute over management's failure to adhere to an agreement between the parties that when employees are excessed outside their craft or installation, such employees will be provided notice of a minimum of 60...

Convention Recognizes Value of Retirees

With one exciting vote in Detroit in 1994, delegates to the 12th Biennial Convention of the American Postal Workers Union unanimously declared that retirees are respected and appreciated, and deserve a status that shows they are a strong part of...

Personal Belongings During Interim Trips for Off-Site Training

A Step 4 agreement dated March 11, 2005, between the APWU and the USPS addresses the right of postal employees who are engaged in off-site training to leave their personal belongings in their rooms during interim trips.

e-Team Report, Aug. 19, 2011

Is a Postal Service Shutdown Less Than a Year Away if Legislative Changes Are Not Made? The Positive Influence of the Postal Service over the Years State-by-State Voter I.D. Law Look-Up Texas Hurting Veterans' Ability to Vote

‘Closures’ Report Reveals Inconsistencies

Call it what you will, shuttering retail Postal Service facilities reduces public service, and the public has been watching. Late last year, the Congressional Research Service issued a report titled “Post Office and Retail Facility Closures:...

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