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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.

Revealed: Musk Uses DOGE to Stifle Competition, Siphon Money into Own Pockets

May 20, 2025
Our tax dollars should be used to better our communities. But at the Department of Government Efficiency, Elon Musk is allocating funds to stifle market competition in areas that were once used to help his companies thrive. Read more:

Casual Compliance Reports

Casual Compliance Reports are provided to the union on an accounting-period basis so that the APWU can monitor management’s adherence to Article 7.1.B. of the National Agreement. These reports are listed in reverse chronological order, i.e., the...

Long-Term-Care Insurance

We appreciate our independence. However, as we age, many of us will need help performing everyday activities such as dressing, bathing, and moving from room to room. Our memory may deteriorate to the point that it impacts our ability to reason.

Maintenance Job Training Selection

Local management may not use non-scheduled days as a criterion for Maintenance Craft job training selection, because doing so limits the number of potential applicants and excludes viable candidates.

Postal Workers: Now is the Time to Get Involved!

For many years most of our membership has left too much of the fighting for jobs, better wages and our rights and benefits to stewards and officers. It’s not enough. We all have to do more. Times have changed. We have fought off privatization for...

Right-to-Work? – Wrong!

"Right-to-work” sure sounds good. But “right-to-work” laws, which are being promoted and passed in many states around the country, are wrong for workers and wrong for America. These laws make it optional for workers covered by union contracts to...

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