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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.”

After Strike, German Postal Workers Win Contract

September 1, 2015
German postal workers on strike in North Rhine-Westphalia. (This article first appeared in the September/October 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) After a four-week strike, German postal workers have secured a contract.

Big Wins for Migrant Workers, Thanks to Public Support

September 1, 2015
Western Washington University students at a blueberry picker strike at Sakuma Brothers Farms in late June. Photo courtesy of James Leder (This article first appeared in the September/October 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) Migrant...

Tell the OIG: ‘I Support Postal Banking!’

September 1, 2015
Activists protest payday lenders in Columbia, MO. Photo credit: Ryan Betz of GRO Missouri (This article first appeared in the September/October 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) A May 2015 white paper by the USPS Office of Inspector...

Moving Forward on the Contract, Safety and Health

September 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the September-October 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The APWU participated in mediation on our contract throughout the summer, in sessions that were frequently contentious. We were candid and...

2015 APWU Scholarship Winners

September 1, 2015
The APWU proudly presents the winners of three scholarship programs: The E.C.Hallbeck Memorial Scholarship, Vocational Scholarship, and Best Essay Award for 2015. 

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