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APWU Releases Q&As about 2025 Voluntary Early Retirement
February 1, 2025
The Voluntary Early Retirement (VER) recently announced for eligible postal workers by the Postal Service has generated many questions from the members of the APWU. The Postal Service published a list of questions and answers for our members.
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...
Today! National Strike Day and Action on Inequality Against Walmart
June 4, 2014
Fighting for Walmart workers’ rights, the Organization United for Respect at Walmart (OUR Walmart) has called for a national week of action June 2 through June 7 to coincide with the retail giant’s annual shareholder meeting in Bentonville, AR....
New Code on Form 50 Reflects Bigger Deduction for Retirement
June 3, 2014
Several people have inquired about the designation “FERS-RAE” on the Form 50s of employees who were recently converted from Postal Support Employee to career.
The new designation reflects that the employees were hired as career employees on or...
'Don't Buy Staples' Sample Resolution
June 3, 2014
The APWU has prepared a 'Don't Buy Staples' sample resolution for use by APWU leaders and union allies to help spread the word to boycott the office-supply chain. The deal between the USPS and Staples has resulted in postal counters being added in ...
Staples Execs Get an Earful at Annual Shareholders’ Meeting
June 2, 2014
Staples’ board of directors got an earful on June 2, when they attended the company’s annual shareholders’ meeting in upscale Palo Alto, CA.
Fifty APWU members and supporters – including students from nearby Stanford University – chanted loud enough...
APWU Condemns GOP Plan to Loot USPS to Save Highway Fund
June 2, 2014
APWU President Mark Dimondstein issued a statement June 2 condemning a proposal by House Republican leaders to raid the Postal Service treasury to shore up the Highway Trust Fund.
“The proposal by House Republican leaders to use Postal Service funds...