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Big News!! APWU, USPS Reach Tentative Agreement on New Union Contract!
June 6, 2025
The American Postal Workers Union and the U.S. Postal Service have reached a tentative Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), announced APWU President and Lead Negotiator Mark Dimondstein. The proposed union contract is three years in duration:...
House Passes Bill to Eliminate the FERS Supplemental “Bridge” Payment
May 22, 2025
The House just passed H.R. 1, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which eliminates the FERS supplemental bridge payment and funnels $4.5 trillion in tax cuts to the ultra-wealthy. Our fight now moves to the Senate.
Be Informed About Medicare
issues/joinstay-involvedMedicare Open Season is Jan. 1 through March 31 for those who have missed their regular enrollment period. Eligible postal employees and retirees are encouraged to look into the benefits of enrolling in this federal health...
Low Income Home Energy Assistance Down Despite the Extreme Cold
Huffington Post reports that sequestration's budget cuts last year have left thousands of families in the cold this winter. Congress cut funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program by about $155 million, and total funding has decreased...
Dispute: Non-Traditional Full-Time Assignments in Function 5 and Function 7
This Step 4 dispute protests Postal Service instructions to the field authorizing the creation of Non-Traditional Full-Time (NTFT) assignments in Finance (Function 5) and in Bulk Mail (Function 7).
2013 BMC Conference
The 2013 Bulk Mail Center (BMC) Conference convened at 9 a.m. Nov. 3 in Las Vegas, NV. The conference was chaired by I. Balogun and co-hosted by Ken France, President of Kansas Kaw Valley BMC Local. There was a total of 85 attendees. Brother Omar...
‘Sister Study’ Update
The nation’s largest ongoing research project on the causes of breast cancer is still searching for sisters.