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Reconciliation Legislation Passes - Attacks on Postal Pensions DEFEATED
July 3, 2025
On July 3, Trump's tax-and-spending reconciliation bill (H.R. 1) passed by narrow margins in the House and Senate, giving $4.5 trillion in tax cuts to the ultra-wealthy paid for by the working class. While we successfully fought off the threats most...
Privatizers Lay Out Their Plan for Destroying Public Postal Service
June 30, 2025
On June 24, the House Subcommittee on Government Operations held a hearing titled, “The Route Forward for the U.S. Postal Service: A View from Stakeholders.”
What Happens to COPA Requests?
January 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
It was a pleasure to spend time with APWU brothers and sisters at the All-Craft Conference. I truly enjoyed the opportunity to discuss our...
‘Zero Base’ Initiative Dispute Settled
January 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
The APWU and the Postal Service settled a dispute in September concerning management’s restructuring of Tractor-Trailer Operator and Motor...
Time for a Political Revolution?
January 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
You may have heard politicians talking about income inequality recently, but did you know that approximately 42 percent of Americans work for $...
First Time in More than a Decade: Clerk Craft Grows
January 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
For the first time in many years, the number of employees in the Clerk Craft has increased. The total number of Clerk Craft employees on Sept....
Arbitrator Blasts Management In BMC Staffing Case
January 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
The APWU won an important grievance involving maintenance Craft staffing at Bulk Mail Centers on Oct. 19, when Arbitrator Ira Jaffe issued a...