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Reconciliation Legislation Passes - Attacks on Postal Pensions DEFEATED

July 3, 2025
On July 3, Trump's tax-and-spending reconciliation bill (H.R. 1) passed by narrow margins in the House and Senate, giving $4.5 trillion in tax cuts to the ultra-wealthy paid for by the working class. While we successfully fought off the threats most...

Privatizers Lay Out Their Plan for Destroying Public Postal Service

June 30, 2025
On June 24, the House Subcommittee on Government Operations held a hearing titled, “The Route Forward for the U.S. Postal Service: A View from Stakeholders.”

e-Team Report, July 22, 2011

Council for Citizens Against Government Waste Comes Out in Support of Issa's H.R. 2309 Multiple Bills in Both House and Senate look to Overhaul Postal Service A Quick Question and Answer with Postmaster Donahoe Another Step Toward Victories in Ohio...

Post Convention Workshops

The Research & Education Department is proud to announce that the APWU is sponsoring its 12th Educational Conference, a National Convention event that provides union members with a wealth of information to take home to their locals and state...

Fighting for the Middle-Class, One Grievance at a Time

Speaking on Labor Day in 2010, President Barack Obama said, “It was the labor movement that helped secure so much of what we take for granted today. The 40-hour work week, the minimum wage, family leave, health insurance, Social Security, Medicare,...

Dispute Over VER and Severance Pay Appealed to Arbitration

The APWU has appealed to national-level arbitration a dispute over bargaining unit employees' entitlement to severance pay when they accept voluntary early retirement (VER) benefits.

DSI Positions to be Posted Installation-Wide

A Feb. 21, 2008, letter [PDF] from the Postal Service confirms a long-held APWU position: Driver-Safety Instructor (DSI) duty assignments must be posted installation-wide, without exception. The letter from the USPS manager of contract...

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