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APWU and USPS Agree to One-Time Retirement Incentive, 'Early Out' for Postal Workers

January 13, 2025
On January 13, 2025, the United States Postal Service and the American Postal Workers Union have mutually agreed to a One-time Retirement Incentive, including an "early out" option for eligible employees.

Budgeting for the New Year!

January 13, 2025
Secretary-Treasurer Liz Powell shares important dates for trainings this year. Two of note are the APWU Scholarship deadline and APWU Disaster/Hardship Fund.

The Contract Fight

March 9, 2015
APWU Retiree Paul Felton of the 480-481 Area Local wrote the poem below. As we negotiate our contract Postal workers are under attack They’re giving too much of our work away And the mail we handle they try to delay These issues will not be resolved...

Marking 50 Years Since Selma

March 6, 2015
March 7 commemorates the 50th anniversary of the march for civil rights from Selma to Montgomery, AL, which was cut short by police brutality. The march galvanized the burgeoning movement for voting rights and was a catalyst for passage of the...

King v. Burwell Supreme Court Case: Affordable Care Act Hangs in the Balance

March 6, 2015
Continued access to affordable health insurance for many early retirees is at stake as the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Wednesday in the case of King v. Burwell, a lawsuit challenging provisions in the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The...

e-Team Report, March 6, 2015

March 6, 2015
APWU Stands Firm with Allies – No TPP and No Fast Track In the coming weeks, Congress is expected to consider a wrongheaded bill to "Fast Track" passage of the international trade deal known as Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).  TPP would be the...

Bad Weather Doesn’t Rain on Eastern Region, Northeast Region CAT Training’s Parade

March 6, 2015
Training for the APWU contract campaign moved to the Eastern and Northeast Regions on March 4 in Atlantic City, NJ. Despite a looming snowstorm, more than 65 union leaders and activists participated.

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