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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:

House Committee Approves Amendment To Restore Postal Service Standards

June 17, 2015
The House Appropriations Committee approved an amendment on June 17 to restore postal service standards, in a bipartisan vote of 26-23. Six Republicans joined all of the committee’s Democrats to endorse the measure, which was introduced by Rep....

Members Only Section to Undergo Maintenance

June 17, 2015
Due to maintenance work, the Members Only section of www.apwu.org may experience some disruption on beginning on Friday, June 19, at 6:00 p.m. EST and lasting through early Saturday evening. We regret the inconvenience.

Stop Staples Campaign Keeps on Rolling Through Pennsylvania

June 17, 2015
Keep on truckin’! Members of the Western Pennsylvania Postal Workers Solidarity Committee protested in front of a Staples store in New Kensington, PA, on June 14. 

Postal Unions Object to Administration Proposal to Reduce Compensation to Injured Workers

June 16, 2015
In a June 15 letter, the presidents of the four postal unions asked the Department of Labor (DOL) and the White House to withdraw a proposal that would reduce compensation benefits to injured workers and urged the administration instead to work with...

Contract Mediation Gets Underway

June 12, 2015
Representatives of the APWU and USPS met with officials of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) on June 9 to begin mediation on a new collective bargaining agreement. APWU President Mark Dimondstein, Industrial Relations Director...

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