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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.”

USPS Must Maintain All Factory Equipment, Including Air Conditioning

An e-mail from USPS headquarters dated Oct. 3, 2001, instructs managers in the field that former Emery vehicles incorporated into the postal fleet are now considered postal vehicles and must be maintained in a manner consistent with all postal...

Frequently Asked Questions

In the March-April edition, I addressed a number of questions asked by APWU retirees. Here are several more.

Dispute Over Sunday Premium When on Administrative Leave Appealed to Arbitration

The Union has appealed to arbitration a dispute over whether employees on Administrative Leave are entitled to Sunday Premium pay for any eligible hours they would have worked if not for being placed on administrative leave. 

e-Team Report, April 19, 2013

Postal Reform Bill Coming ‘Very Soon’ Look Out for APWU Brochure Supporting Postal Reform in Your Mailbox! Ricin-Tainted Letters Confirmed, Lawmaker Thanks Postal Workers for Selflessness The APWU Family Mourns Loss of Victim Killed in Boston...

Safety ‘Happy Talk’ Just Isn’t Enough

Postal officials frequently brag about their commitment to workers’ safety, but their actions don’t always line up with the “happy talk.”

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