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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.
Bronx Consolidation Plan – Finally – ‘Not Approved’
November 24, 2008
Nearly three years after an Area Mail Processing study was launched, a plan to send mail from three major processing facilities in the Bronx to a sorting facility in Manhattan has been shelved. [USPS notice to APWU]
“The proposal to transfer the...
Union Members to Gather for Obama Inauguration
November 20, 2008
APWU members who plan to visit the nation’s capital for Inauguration Day festivities on Jan. 20 will be able to enjoy the event with other activists at a downtown hotel, APWU President William Burrus has announced.
‘Stakeholders’ Urge Congress To Give USPS Legislative Relief
November 20, 2008
The APWU is part of a group of 50 postal unions, management associations, and mailers that has asked Congress to help the agency during the current nationwide financial difficulties by giving legislative relief to its retiree health-insurance...
USPS Denies Existence of Program to Eliminate Tour 2
November 18, 2008
In response to an inquiry from APWU President Burrus, the Postal Service has denied that it is “considering or is in the process of implementing a nationwide program establishing a two-tour operation, which is intended to eliminate or greatly reduce...
Postal, Federal Employees Can Now Wear Election Gear
November 18, 2008
With the national election concluded, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel has issued instructions that allow postal and federal employees to wear T-shirts that display candidates’ names and/or pictures while on duty or in a postal or federal...