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APWU Releases Q&As about 2025 Voluntary Early Retirement

February 1, 2025
The Voluntary Early Retirement (VER) recently announced for eligible postal workers by the Postal Service has generated many questions from the members of the APWU. The Postal Service published a list of questions and answers for our members.

House Resolution 70: Protecting the People’s Post Office

January 30, 2025
Please call APWU’s Legislative Hotline at 1-844-402-1001 to be connected to your member of Congress today, and ask them to cosponsor H. Res. 70, which expressly opposes postal privatization. Defending the people’s public Postal Service from...

Is There a Union Meeting — Who cares?

January 23, 2020
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  Far too many local unions are not able to secure a quorum in order to carry out the functions of their membership meetings and fully represent...

APWU Members Instrumental in Achieving Legislative Milestone

January 23, 2020
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  With the achievement of more than two thirds support for the USPS Fairness Act in the House (301 cosponsors to date), H.R. 2382 has been placed...

Labor News

January 23, 2020
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  Amalgamated Transit Union Strikes Lead to Victory Against Privatization On Oct. 24, over 120 members of Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local...

Solidarity in Finland Leads to Victory in Postal Strike

January 23, 2020
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  In August 2019, the Finnish government announced it would change the salary structure of 700 of its packaging and e-commerce workers,...

One Way to Honor Vets? Protect the Postal Service

January 23, 2020
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  This opinion-editorial (op-ed) by Detroit District Area Local President Keith Combs, reprinted below, was published in 15 local news...

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