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Better Staffing, Better Service
August 2, 2024
A Grassroots Campaign to Improve Our Public Postal Service
An Update on the Social Security Fairness Act
July 31, 2024
The APWU has never stopped fighting to pass the Social Security Fairness Act (H.R. 82, S. 597).
TSP Considers Restrictions on Inter-fund Transfers
January 11, 2008
Members of the Federal Employee Thrift Investment Board have authorized the TSP Executive Director to implement restrictions on inter-fund transfers as a result of what is being termed “excessive frequent trading” by a small number of TSP...
Union President Asks Locals, States To Seek Support for Subcontracting Legislation
January 9, 2008
APWU President William Burrus has asked the union’s state and local presidents to encourage APWU members to write to their U.S. representatives and ask them to co-sponsor and support the Mail Network Protection Act (H.R. 4236). The bill, introduced...
They Love to Hate Us
January 7, 2008
Postal Points, a mailing industry newsletter, has enjoyed taking potshots at the APWU for quite a while, but the vitriol seems to have increased lately.
And in a Dec. 21, 2007, article about the Omnibus Appropriations Bill that passed Congress late...
Retirees COLAs Reflected In January Checks
January 2, 2008
Cost-of-Living Adjustments for retirees, which took effect Dec. 1, 2007, will be reflected in annuity payments dated Jan. 2, 2008.
CSRS (Civil Service Retirement System) annuitants who have received benefits for at least a year received an increase...
Bayard Rustin: Unsung Crusader for Social Justice
December 31, 2007
Although he was always at the forefront of the civil rights movement, Bayard Rustin’s contributions to the struggle are often overlooked. Perhaps best known as the lead organizer for the 1963 March on Washington that set the stage for Martin Luther...