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APWU Leadership Institute Class Three Applications Open Until June 13, 2025!

May 2, 2025
Applications for the APWU Leadership Institute - Class Three are now open through June 13, 2025.

Congress Moves to Gut Postal and Federal Pensions — APWU Calls for Immediate Action!

May 1, 2025
On April 30, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform approved a number of significant cuts to the retirement benefits of postal and federal workers. Passed by a slim margin of 22-21, this measure will now be included in the full...

Older Americans Month Contest

March 8, 2016
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)  May is Older Americans Month. In keeping with our union’s tradition of observance, the APWU National Executive Board passed a resolution encouraging...

APWU Donates to CT-ALIVE

March 8, 2016
Northeastern Regional Coordinator John Dirzius (center) presents an APWU-POWER donation to Trish Thomas, president, CT-ALIVE The APWU made two donations to CT-ALIVE (Connecticut Alliance for Victims of Violence & Their Families) on March 6, at...

March 8 is International Women’s Day

March 8, 2016
Tuesday, March 8, is International Women’s Day, a celebration of the social, cultural, economic, and political achievements of working women worldwide. 

USPS Loses Money on Closures and Mail Slowdown Plan

March 7, 2016
Over the last few weeks, news has spread about a bombshell report that postal management’s supposed cost-saving decision to shutter plants and slow down the mail has actually lost the USPS money. As reported in Government Executive, “The U.S. Postal...

Don’t Let Congress Run Out the Clock on Overtime

March 4, 2016
The APWU is asking union members to sign a petition sponsored by the AFL-CIO that calls on President Obama and the Department of Labor to move quickly to implement a new overtime rule that will increase workers' pay.

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