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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.

We Won!!

January 5, 2017
An East Point, GA, protest. JAN 5, 2017 - Postal management informed the APWU in writing that the “Approved Shipper” program in Staples stores will be shut down by the end of February 2017. This victory concludes the APWU’s three-year struggle. The...

The USPS and Staples Deal is Over!

January 5, 2017
Stop Staples protest in El Cerrito, CA. Postal management informed the APWU in writing that the “Approved Shipper” program in Staples stores will be shut down by the end of February 2017. This victory concludes the APWU’s three-year struggle. The...

Recent Clerk Craft NBA Retirements

January 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)  In 2016, three National Business Agents (NBAs) from the Clerk Division retired. “The APWU holds itself to the high standards that Sister Merow...

This Too Shall Pass, We Must Persevere

January 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) As I am writing this article, our national elections have just finished. The candidate our union endorsed for U. S. President did not prevail,...

SEAM Challenged in National Arbitration

January 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) As we traveled across the country, we began to hear stories and concerns from our members concerning the new program Solution for Enterprise...

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