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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 Filed Over Failure to Implement the MOU re: Electronic Access

The APWU has initiated a national dispute over whether the Postal Service's failure to reach agreement on the means to provide access to APWU representatives for electronic inspection and review of documents, files and other records necessary for...

Obama Picks Carolyn W. Colvin to Lead Social Security Administration

Late last week, President Obama announced his intent to nominate Carolyn W. Colvin to lead the Social Security Administration (SSA). A longtime government administrator, Ms. Colvin has been the agency’s acting commissioner since February 2013. There...

Dues Check-Off Printout

The Dues Check-Off (DCO) printout — sent to each local and state union — is a list of members who are having dues withheld.

Union Appeals APPS Installation Subcontracting to Arbitration

On Nov. 3, 2009, the APWU appealed to arbitration a national-level interpretive dispute protesting management’s decision to subcontract the installation of APPS (Automated Package Processing System) machines. The union asserts that the Postal...

APWU Presses Fight to Keep Retail Units Open

With the number of USPS stations and branches under consideration for closure still in flux, the APWU continues to lead community-based drives to keep retail units open. The Postal Service first announced in May that more than 3,200 stations and...

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