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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.”
Senators Announce Postal Bill
November 2, 2011
Four U.S. senators unveiled postal legislation on Nov. 2 that will have important implications for APWU members.
Surviving an Earthquake or a Hurricane
November 1, 2011
(This article appeared in the November/December 2011 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
Joyce B. Robinson, Research & Education Department Director
This year’s devastating natural disasters demonstrate the importance of preparing an...
Union Offers Online Scheduling Tool
November 1, 2011
The APWU has posted a scheduling tool on the union’s Web site that will help local unions win desirable duty assignments in the Clerk Craft.
Battle Over USPS Future Enters Critical Period
October 31, 2011
The battle over the future of the Postal Service — and our jobs — has reached a critical stage: Key senators are meeting behind closed doors in an effort to produce a compromise bill to address the USPS financial crisis. It is likely that any...
Remembering Postal Heroes 10 Years Later
October 31, 2011
Just weeks after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, with the country still wracked with fear and anger, we learned of another deadly threat: Anthrax was being sent through the mail. Despite the dangers, postal workers kept the mail moving, as...