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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.
Ralph Nader Dedicates Book to Postal Workers
July 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the July-August 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
Consumer advocate Ralph Nader’s most recent book honors postal workers.
Return to Sender: Unanswered Letters to the President, 2001-2015, which...
House Panel Approves Amendment To Restore Postal Service Standards
June 30, 2015
The vote by a House Committee on June 17 approving an amendment that would restore postal service standards “is a big step forward for postal workers and our customers,” said APWU President Mark Dimondstein.
“If enacted, it will mean that...
APWU Takes PRC to Court Over Refusal to Enforce Service Standards
June 29, 2015
The APWU has taken the Postal Regulatory Commission to court, challenging the commission’s decision to dismiss its complaint that the Postal Service is failing to meet service standards. The union filed the Petition for Review on May 29 in the...
APWU Participates in Rally for Voting Rights
June 29, 2015
Arrion Brown, Nations Capital Southern Maryland Area Local,
and Courtney Jenkins, Baltimore Francis Stu Filbey Area
Local, gearing up to fight for Voting Rights.
Two young union activists, Courtney Jenkins and Arrion Brown, represented the...
Supreme Court Upholds Federal Insurance Exchange, Benefiting Early Retirees and Older Workers
June 26, 2015
In a 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Thursday in the case of King v. Burwell that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) allows residents of states using the federal insurance exchange to receive premium subsidies for their coverage — an...