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House Resolution 70: Protecting the People’s Post Office
January 30, 2025
Please call APWU’s Legislative Hotline at 1-844-402-1001 to be connected to your member of Congress today, and ask them to cosponsor H. Res. 70, which expressly opposes postal privatization. Defending the people’s public Postal Service from...
This is a 'Code Red Alert' to APWU Veterans
January 21, 2025
In the last Home Front article, we warned veterans about “Project 2025” and how a second Trump term would destroy the VA, and VA healthcare benefits. Unfortunately for our APWU veteran family, his Project 2025 plan to destroy VA healthcare could...
House Passes FERS Sick-Leave Bill
August 1, 2008
The House of Representatives passed a bill July 30 that would grant postal workers and other federal employees covered by FERS (Federal Employees Retirement System) credit for unused sick leave when calculating their retirement annuities. Employees...
APWU Endorses Barack Obama
August 1, 2008
More than 3,200 APWU delegates unanimously endorsed Sen. Barack Obama after the presidential candidate delivered an inspiring message to the union’s convention over a live satellite video feed.
ALSO: Convention Adopts Changes to the Union...
Convention Planning Moves Into High Gear
July 29, 2008
As the APWU’s 19th Biennial National Convention nears, planning for the event is in full swing at the union’s national headquarters.
As of the end of July, 3,009 delegates representing 425 locals had registered for convention credentials. More than...
USPS Unable to Justify Outsourcing, GAO Finds
July 29, 2008
The Postal Service is unable to demonstrate that it saves money by outsourcing, according to a recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, because it has no comprehensive mechanism to measure savings.
“Without cost-savings data, postal...
APWU Testimony Assails Latest ‘USPS Network Plan’
July 28, 2008
APWU Legislative Director Myke Reid
The Postal Service’s strategy for “network realignment” is based on a faulty premise, APWU Legislative Director Myke Reid told lawmakers July 24. The stated objective of the USPS Network Plan is to promote...