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Senate Passes Social Security Fairness Act, Securing Economic Justice for Postal, Federal, and Public-Sector Retirees
December 21, 2024
On Friday Dec. 20, the Senate voted 76-20 to pass The Social Security Fairness Act (H.R. 82), righting a decades-old wrong, and winning economic justice for postal, federal, and public-sector retirees by repealing the Windfall Elimination Provision...
Maintenance PTR Settlement Payout 2024 -2025
December 16, 2024
The Maintenance PTR Settlement Payout for 2024-2025 will be disbursed to eligible maintenance PTR employees. Provide your EIN to check your eligibility.
TSP Considers Restrictions on Inter-fund Transfers
January 11, 2008
Members of the Federal Employee Thrift Investment Board have authorized the TSP Executive Director to implement restrictions on inter-fund transfers as a result of what is being termed “excessive frequent trading” by a small number of TSP...
Union President Asks Locals, States To Seek Support for Subcontracting Legislation
January 9, 2008
APWU President William Burrus has asked the union’s state and local presidents to encourage APWU members to write to their U.S. representatives and ask them to co-sponsor and support the Mail Network Protection Act (H.R. 4236). The bill, introduced...
They Love to Hate Us
January 7, 2008
Postal Points, a mailing industry newsletter, has enjoyed taking potshots at the APWU for quite a while, but the vitriol seems to have increased lately.
And in a Dec. 21, 2007, article about the Omnibus Appropriations Bill that passed Congress late...
Retirees COLAs Reflected In January Checks
January 2, 2008
Cost-of-Living Adjustments for retirees, which took effect Dec. 1, 2007, will be reflected in annuity payments dated Jan. 2, 2008.
CSRS (Civil Service Retirement System) annuitants who have received benefits for at least a year received an increase...
Bayard Rustin: Unsung Crusader for Social Justice
December 31, 2007
Although he was always at the forefront of the civil rights movement, Bayard Rustin’s contributions to the struggle are often overlooked. Perhaps best known as the lead organizer for the 1963 March on Washington that set the stage for Martin Luther...