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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.
Medicare Enrollment
December 23, 2014
This article appeared in the January-February 2015 edition of The American Postal Worker.
General enrollment in Medicare is open from Jan. 1 through March 31, but don’t confuse the general enrollment period with your eligibility enrollment period: ...
The 411 on 211
December 23, 2014
Every hour, thousands of Americans require some type of essential human service. However, trying to determine what service is available or how to qualify for a service can be a challenge even for the most resourceful and tenacious of individuals....
A Step-by-Step Guide to Signing-Up New Members
December 23, 2014
Happy New Year! In 2015 the Organization Department will expand our training efforts by reaching out to locals and conducting regional training seminars on how to sign-up non-members.
“The union” isn’t a third party. It’s you. It’s me. It is all of...
Our Plans for 2015
December 23, 2014
As a difficult year ends and a new year begins, it is a good time to think about areas we need to concentrate on in the new year.
Our work to coordinate relationship-building between members of Congress, our local and state legislative activists,...
Standing Up and Fighting Back
December 23, 2014
On behalf of the union officers of the Northeast region, I wish you a happy New Year, filled with peace and fulfillment.
Our current Collective Bargaining Agreement expires on May 20, 2015, and in recent months we have been busy preparing for...