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An Update on the Social Security Fairness Act
September 6, 2024
Time is running out to get the Social Security Fairness Act (HR 82) passed. We are asking every APWU member to call Monday, September 9th and demand our representatives sign the discharge petition (HR 1410).
2024 Penalty Overtime Exclusion Period
August 27, 2024
The "Penalty Overtime Exclusion" period for calendar year 2024 will begin Pay Period 26-2024, Week 1 (November 30, 2024) and end Pay Period 01-2025, Week 2 (December 27, 2024).
USPS Second Quarter Operating Profit Totals $313 Million
May 11, 2015
The Postal Service’s operating profit for the second quarter of fiscal year 2015 totaled $313 million, putting the surplus for the first half of the year above $1.3 billion – more than all of last year’s operating profit. “These steadily increasing...
APWU Members Fired Up for National Day of Action, May 14
May 8, 2015
APWU members across the country are fired up for the National Day of Action on May 14, just one week before the Collective Bargaining Agreement is set to expire.
APWU President Mark Dimondstein gets a postcard signed
outside a post office in...
Philadelphia BMC Local, Pennsylvania State Buy Billboard Ad
May 8, 2015
Members of the Philadelphia BMC Local and the Pennsylvania Postal Workers Union are spreading the word about the May 14 Day of Action in a big way.
The local and state APWU purchased a digital billboard ad that will display the union’s message for...
Senate Passes Budget that Cuts $5.3 Trillion
May 8, 2015
The Senate voted 51 to 48 on Tuesday to pass the first joint congressional budget plan in six years, ratifying a 10-year blueprint that would cut spending by $5.3 trillion, overhaul Medicaid by turning it into block grants, and repeal President...
Washington State Members Get Postcards Signed
May 8, 2015
Members of the Washington American Postal Workers Union took a break from a state conference to distribute “I Stand with Postal Workers” postcards outside the Wenatchee Post Office on May 7.
Many customers filled out the postcards on the spot and...