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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.”

Safety Is Its Own Reward

May 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) By Maintenance Craft Directors  The Lehigh Valley Processing & Distribution Center was issued a fine of nearly $100,000 by OSHA for extensive “...

Inspire and Motivate

May 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) By Southern Regional Coordinator Kennith Beasley The headline above is sometimes a hard thing to set and keep in motion because some of our members are...

The Future of Retail: Moratorium and Discussion

May 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) By Clerk Craft Directors  The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) “Re: Retail” imposes a one-year moratorium on any new contracts under the Approved...

You Have a Right to a Safe Workplace

May 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2017 issue of the The American Postal Worker magazine.) By Industrial Relations Director Vance Zimmerman  Your safety at work is a priority to the American Postal Workers Union (APWU). We want you to come...

Yes Virginia, Unions Have to File Taxes, Too

May 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) By Secretary-Treasurer Liz Powell  April was tax time for citizens, but unions have a tax time too. All unions, which are tax-exempt organizations, are...

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