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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.”
Our Greatest Strength: Collective Action
November 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the November-December 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
One of the most important questions we face as a union is how to get management to honor the contract. Often it seems management disrespects...
Two Recent Agreements: Staffing and Employee Orientation
November 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the November-December 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
Editor’s Note: Tony D. McKinnon Sr. prepared the article below prior to the counting of ballots in the APWU election of union officers, which...
A Time for Reflection And Planning
November 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the November-December issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
The end of 2016 is a good time to reflect on what happened earlier this year, but it is also a good time to plan for 2017. Planning your chores for...
Organize for a Safe, Non-Hostile Work Environment
November 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the November-December issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
We are now entering our busiest season, and union members want a safe and non-hostile work environment. It’s also in the Postal Service’s best...
Moving Forward In a New Term
November 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the November-December 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
I am deeply honored to be re-elected national union president by the members of the APWU. I greatly appreciate and am humbled by the...