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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.”

President Obama Takes the Chained CPI out of his Fiscal 2015 Budget

February 21, 2014
In a great victory for the Alliance, White House staff has announced that President Obama’s Fiscal 2015 budget will not include a switch to the chained CPI formula that would limit cost-of-living increases in Social Security and other programs....

APWU Opposes USPS Proposal to Slow Down Standard Mail

February 21, 2014
In a filing with the Postal Regulatory Commission on Feb. 20, the APWU strenuously opposed a USPS proposal to reduce service standards for Standard Mail.

Excessing, Job Withholding Due to Consolidations on ‘Indefinite Hold’

February 20, 2014
Union members are sure to breathe a sigh of relief following a recent notice from the Postal Service to the APWU.

Houston Retirees Get Organized

February 20, 2014
The Houston Area Local Retiree Chapter took on its first task immediately after being chartered.

Postal Workers Protest Rep. Issa at NH GOP Fundraiser

February 19, 2014
More than 150 union members braved sub-zero degree winds on Feb. 17 to deliver an icy greeting to U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa, the author of legislation (H.R. 2748) that would lead to the demise of the Postal Service.  

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