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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.
How COVID-19 is Affecting Union Elections
September 16, 2020
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
COVID-19 has impacted APWU’s local and state elections, which were scheduled to take place throughout the months of the pandemic. As a result,...
APWU Initiating Step 4 National Dispute Regarding DeJoy Retail Office Closures
September 16, 2020
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
Recently, management at retail post offices throughout the country unilaterally posted signage on the entrances of their facilities stating...
Vote by Mail: The Postal Service Can Handle It
September 16, 2020
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
Mail-in voter fraud is a conspiracy. The real problem is voter suppression.
With the Nov. 3 election fast approaching, fighting voter...
USPS Planning to Reduce AFCS, DBCS, AFSM100, and FSS in its Mail Processing Facilities
September 16, 2020
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
Please be advised that pursuant to Article 15, Sections 2 and 4, of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, the APWU is initiating a Step 4 Dispute...
It Pays to Be Union! Retroactive Pay and COLAs in Recent Paychecks
September 16, 2020
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
As this issue goes to press, most APWU members received their retroactive pay in their paychecks dated September 4. This retroactive pay is the...