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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.
2018 Penalty Overtime Exclusion Period
November 13, 2018
Reminder, in accordance with Article 8, sections 4 and 5, of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, penalty overtime rules are not applicable for a consecutive four-week period each year during December.
This year, the December period begins December...
Register Today to Join the Call on Nov. 14!
November 12, 2018
On Nov. 14, at 11 a.m. EST and 7 p.m. EST the Legislative & Political Department will host a call on the US Mail Not for Sale campaign.
Click here for a downloadable flyer to spread the word!
As we move into the Congressional Lame Duck Session...
Don’t Sell Out Veterans by Selling Off the Postal Service
November 11, 2018
Today we join in honoring our veterans, including the tens of thousands of APWU members, both active and retired, who are currently or have proudly served. One important way to honor our them is to ensure they have access to the good jobs,...
Labor News
November 6, 2018
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2018 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine)
Wave of Hotel Strikes
UNITE HERE strikers in Hawaii
Hotel workers represented by Unite Here locals across the country rose up in September in a...
Attacks on Federal Workers
November 5, 2018
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
By Industrial Relations Director Vance Zimmerman
Recently our sisters and brothers who work for other federal agencies had their collective...