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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.
Biden Administration Taps USPS and Postal Workers for Distribution of COVID Test Kits
January 13, 2022
The Biden Administration has announced a program to mail at-home COVID test kits to every household that requests them. These kits could be mailed to as many as 160 million addresses. APWU members will be critical to the success of the program.
URGENT ACTION NEEDED: Protect Voting Rights
January 12, 2022
Voting rights of the people are under attack and federal legislation is urgently needed to protect them. In order to pass the Freedom to Vote Act and the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021, the filibuster rules must be changed. “We...
How to File an OWCP Claim When Diagnosed with COVID-19
January 10, 2022
If you are a postal employee, no matter if you are a career employee or non-career employee, you are entitled to file a claim with the Office of Workers Compensation Programs.
Voting Rights Legislation of the 117th Congress: What You Need to Know
January 6, 2022
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2022 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
Ahead of important elections, Congress and the Biden Administration must strengthen and enshrine voting rights at the federal level. With many...
Voting Rights Legislation of the 117th Congress: What You Need to Know
January 6, 2022
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2022 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
Ahead of important elections, Congress and the Biden Administration must strengthen and enshrine voting rights at the federal level. With many...