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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).
The Contract Fight
March 9, 2015
APWU Retiree Paul Felton of the 480-481 Area Local wrote the poem below.
As we negotiate our contract
Postal workers are under attack
They’re giving too much of our work away
And the mail we handle they try to delay
These issues will not be resolved...
Marking 50 Years Since Selma
March 6, 2015
March 7 commemorates the 50th anniversary of the march for civil rights from Selma to Montgomery, AL, which was cut short by police brutality. The march galvanized the burgeoning movement for voting rights and was a catalyst for passage of the...
King v. Burwell Supreme Court Case: Affordable Care Act Hangs in the Balance
March 6, 2015
Continued access to affordable health insurance for many early retirees is at stake as the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Wednesday in the case of King v. Burwell, a lawsuit challenging provisions in the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The...
e-Team Report, March 6, 2015
March 6, 2015
APWU Stands Firm with Allies – No TPP and No Fast Track
In the coming weeks, Congress is expected to consider a wrongheaded bill to "Fast Track" passage of the international trade deal known as Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). TPP would be the...
Bad Weather Doesn’t Rain on Eastern Region, Northeast Region CAT Training’s Parade
March 6, 2015
Training for the APWU contract campaign moved to the Eastern and Northeast Regions on March 4 in Atlantic City, NJ. Despite a looming snowstorm, more than 65 union leaders and activists participated.