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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...

Celebrate, Protect Your Benefits

July 24, 2018
(This article first appeared in the July-August 2018 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine)  By Retirees Director Nancy Olumekor Every year we recognize and celebrate the Social Security Act, enacted on Aug. 14, 1935, 83 years ago, and...

Who We Are

July 24, 2018
(This article first appeared in the July-August 2018 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine)  By Human Relations Director Sue Carney There is no doubt our country is divided, whether it is because of opposing political views and party ...

Hearing Loss

July 24, 2018
Twenty percent of Americans report some degree of hearing loss but those who serve are far more impacted by auditory disorders than the general public due to their exposure to artillery gunfire, battlefield explosives, loud machinery, aircraft noise...

The Struggle to Win the 40-Hour Workweek

July 24, 2018
(This article first appeared in the July-August 2018 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine)  By Research & Education Director Joyce Robinson  The upcoming celebration of Labor Day is a good time to remember the role labor unions have...

Many Hands Make Light Work

July 24, 2018
(This article first appeared in the July-August 2018 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine)  By Organization Director Anna Smith Sometimes it seems like we are our own worst enemy. When I first started my postal career there was always gloom...

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