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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.
Women Workers Defy Their Boss and Win a Union
February 29, 2016
New York Congresswoman Bella Abzug, right foreground, walks a picket
line supporting striking Farah workers in Houston on Feb. 10, 1973.
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
Factory...
The U.S. Mail Is NOT for Sale
February 29, 2016
1. Why is there a boycott of Staples?
Because Staples and the U.S. Postal Service cut a deal setting up phony “post offices” inside their stores.
Boston Metro Area Local Feels the Bern
February 29, 2016
The Boston Metro Area Local is Feeling the Bern!
On Feb. 27, the Boston Metro Area Local took part in a rally for Bernie Sanders on the steps of the Massachusetts State House. Boston Metro Area Local President Scott Hoffman addressed the crowd,...
San Jose Members Support Bernie Sanders Outside the Democratic Convention
February 29, 2016
Supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders rallying outside the Democratic Party State Convention in on Feb. 27 in San Jose, CA.
On Saturday. Feb. 27, APWU members joined nurses, students, and community members for a rally at the California Democratic Party...
Mike Gallagher Addresses 'March for Bernie'
February 28, 2016
Gallagher addresses the March for Bernie.
Eastern Region Coordinator Mike Gallagher spoke to a huge crowd at a "March for Bernie" rally in Pittsburgh on Feb. 27. Members of the Pittsburgh Mero Area Local attended.