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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.”

New Toolkit Now Available

I'm pleased to report that a new organizing toolkit is now available to help APWU officers, organizations and members sign-up our co-workers who haven't yet joined the APWU! The new kit includes a Welcome Book, a brochure specially designed for PSEs...

For Employees Covered by the Information Technology/Accounting Services Agreement:

There will not be any additional COLA under the 2007-2011 IT/AS Agreement . Future increases are dependent on the outcome of current negotiations for a successor contract to the 2007-2011 IT/AS Agreement. Under the 2007-2011 IT/AS Agreement,...

e-Team Report, Jan. 6, 2012

Congress Passes Eight Month Extension PRC Slams Postal Service’s Plans for Retail Closures Senator Akaka Introduces New Legislation President Obama Makes Three Recess Appointments to NLRB

Operation Santa Claus

It isn’t easy to get Santa to leave the North Pole, but he has graciously walked the halls at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center and the National Naval Medical Center with the APWU to spread holiday cheer.   

USPS Finally Gets It: We Care About Safety

It appears the USPS has finally figured out that our members and representatives take safety seriously. At a recent Eastern Area Labor/Management meeting, the area safety manager announced that the USPS was embarking on a new program that requires...

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