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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.”
APWU Nurses Contract Negotiations Continue
The APWU and USPS have continued to meet in an effort to negotiate a successor contract to the Collective Bargaining Agreement, which expired on Aug. 10, 2012. The parties met on Aug. 31, Sept. 14, and Sept. 20.
No Consensus So Far on Extension of Unemployment Benefits
Negotiations to extend emergency benefits for the long-term jobless came to a standstill in the Senate on Tuesday. That leaves more than 1.4 million people without federal unemployment aid at least until late January, when lawmakers are likely to...
Keeping Watch Over Congress
It seems that with each new Congress, bills are introduced that would balance the nation’s budget on the backs of retirees.
Long-Term Care A Problem Too Long Ignored
Our nation has too long ignored the need to address in a fiscally responsible manner the emerging long-term crisis facing seniors, baby boomers, and younger people with disabilities.
Dispute Over Reporting Rules for Sex Offenders
The APWU has appealed to arbitration a revision to ELM Section 665 which requires employees on a public registry of sex offenders to report their status to management.