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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.”

News for Annuitants

The Retirees Department often is asked about deferred retirement for workers who are covered by the Federal Employees Retirement System, the counterpart to the older Civil Service Retirement System.

e-Team Report, Aug. 2, 2013

Have You Contacted Your Lawmakers to Voice Opposition to Darrell Issa’s Devastating Postal Legislation? APWU Urges Locals to Meet with Lawmakers During August Recess Turning Back the Clock for REAL Service? Where Has All the Logic Gone? Hoyer...

Award on Annual Leave Exchange Option

In a national-level arbitration award, Arbitrator Linda Byars sustained the union's grievance protesting management’s decision to exclude part-time flexibles (PTFs) from the negotiated Annual Leave Exchange program.

Quality Home Care and Public Sector Unions at Risk in Supreme Court Case

In the coming weeks, the U.S. Supreme Court will issue a ruling in Harris v. Quinn, a case involving the payment of union dues by public-sector home health workers in Illinois. The decision could come as early as next week or as late as the end of...

For FERS Retirees:

The 2015 FERS retiree COLA is based on the increase in the third quarter average of the CPI-W index in 2014 over the 2013 third quarter average. However, if the CPI-W quarterly average increases three percent or more, the COLA is the increase less...

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