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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.”
Union Members Must Fight Back, House Must Act Now
May 17, 2012
USPS management announced on May 17 that it would begin implementing a “modified” consolidation plan immediately, but the "new" plan employs the same essential strategy as the old plan: Impose drastic cuts to service and the mail processing network...
Changes of Address for Grievance Appeals
May 17, 2012
The Postal Service has notified the APWU of several changes of address for grievance appeals, effective June 1, 2012, Industrial Relations Director Mike Morris has announced. “I encourage locals to make a note of the new addresses and adjust their...
USPS Announces ‘Modified Consolidation Plan’
May 16, 2012
The USPS notified the APWU on May 16 that it has developed a modified network consolidation plan and, “Now that the moratorium has expired, consolidation activities will begin this summer.”
House Republicans Pass Pay Cut For Postal, Federal Employees
May 12, 2012
The House of Representatives voted for a 5 percent cut in postal and federal workers’ pay on May 10 by approving an increase in employees’ pension contributions.
Members of Congress Seek Extension of Moratorium
May 11, 2012
More than 100 U.S. representatives have signed a letter to Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe urging him to extend the moratorium on the closure of post offices and mail processing facilities, and asking him to refrain from cutting hours at rural...