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Big News!! APWU, USPS Reach Tentative Agreement on New Union Contract!

June 6, 2025
The American Postal Workers Union and the U.S. Postal Service have reached a tentative Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), announced APWU President and Lead Negotiator Mark Dimondstein. The proposed union contract is three years in duration:...

House Passes Bill to Eliminate the FERS Supplemental “Bridge” Payment

May 22, 2025
The House just passed H.R. 1, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which eliminates the FERS supplemental bridge payment and funnels $4.5 trillion in tax cuts to the ultra-wealthy. Our fight now moves to the Senate.

For FECA Employees:

The percentage increase in the December CPI-W index from year to year determines the FECA COLA increase. The 2014 FECA COLA will be 1.5% effective  March 2014.

Re-Employment Rules For Postal, Federal Retirees

Under civil service retirement laws covering CSRS and FERS employees, retirees are not barred from postal or federal re-employment in appointed or elected positions for which they are qualified. People who retired under other retirement laws,...

Updated list of 8,000 HCR Routes for Possible Conversion to PVS Routes

The USPS recently provided the APWU with a list of approximately 8,000 HCRs (Highway Contract Routes) for review.  Unfortunately, management did not mark or identify what was new versus what was sent in a list of 4,000 HCRs that was provided to the...

e-Team Report, Sept. 30, 2011

Postal Unions Rally All Across the Country for H.R. 1351 McCain Introduces Version Of Issa’s Bill in the Senate Multiple U. S. Reps. Introduce Postal Legislation APWU President Guffey on MSNBC’s Ed Show and CSPAN H.R. 1351 Tops as Thomas’s Most...

The Postal Service’s Credibility Deficit

The decision by Postmaster General Patrick Donohoe to accelerate the consolidation of more than 70 mail processing plants that were originally scheduled for 2014 underscores the urgency of our struggle to get Congress to pass legislation that...

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