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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.

Revealed: Musk Uses DOGE to Stifle Competition, Siphon Money into Own Pockets

May 20, 2025
Our tax dollars should be used to better our communities. But at the Department of Government Efficiency, Elon Musk is allocating funds to stifle market competition in areas that were once used to help his companies thrive. Read more:

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...

Looking Back, Going Forward After a Year of Progress

January 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Welcome to 2016! I trust all members had a safe and prosperous holiday period. As we begin 2016, I would like to share a short review of the...

Why We Don’t Have a New Contract Yet

January 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The question can be heard throughout the APWU: Why don’t we have a new contract yet?

It's State Law

January 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)  Recently, an APWU local union received a “penalty assessment order” from a state agency that instructed the local union to pay $41,000 for...

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