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The Social Security Fairness Act, H.R. 82, Passes the House of Representatives
November 13, 2024
On the evening of November 12, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 82, the Social Security Fairness Act, by an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote of 327 - 75. This bill seeks to repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension...
HAPPENING TODAY: House of Representatives Expected to Vote on the Social Security Fairness Act
November 12, 2024
The House is expected to vote on the Social Security Fairness Act Tuesday evening. We are asking every APWU member to call today, Tuesday, November 12 and demand our representatives vote YES on HR 82.
Workers Strike Against Anti-Union Governments
November 1, 2015
Finnish workers protesting.
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
Protesting their government’s right-wing, anti-union agenda, workers in India and Finland went on strike in...
Meeting the Training Challenge
November 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
The APWU has 875 chartered local and state unions in the U.S., Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and Guam, and each one of them has officers who...
Making Sure America Unites to Save Our Public Postal Service
November 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
How can we make sure America unites with us to stop the destruction of the public Postal Service?
We need to make support for the people’s...
Fighting On for A Good Contract
November 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
This year, we have dedicated ourselves to negotiating a successor to the 2010 Collective Bargaining Agreement, which expired in May.
The Feb....
50-Mile Limit on Excessing Extended
November 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
The APWU and USPS agreed to extend the 50-mile limit on excessing in a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dated Sept. 28, signed by APWU...