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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:

The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act

March 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)  The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) was enacted to ease the financial and legal burdens brought on by the demands of active duty. It applies...

Good Pill, Bad Pill

March 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)  There’s no gentle way to put it: A national epidemic of opioid dependency is cause for alarm and intervention. According to U.S. health officials, a...

Postal Lives at Risk

March 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)  A shocking lack of security at many of the nation’s 21 Network Distribution Centers (NDCs) is jeopardizing the lives of postal employees...

Full Speed Ahead

March 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) We have so much work ahead of us. Joining together, with the common goal of organizing, is the only way we can strengthen our union.

A Good Contract for All

March 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) APWU members from all crafts have been busy with efforts to: raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour; stop the dirty deal between USPS and Staples;...

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