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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.”

Union Plus Disaster Relief Grants Available to Colorado Flood Victims

September 20, 2013
Union members who participate in Union Plus programs and are facing hardships due to the recent flooding in Colorado may be eligible for financial assistance, the AFL-CIO benefit program announced Sept. 20.  Union Plus Disaster Relief Grants of $500...

In Senate Testimony, Guffey Blasts Carper-Coburn Bill

September 19, 2013
APWU President Cliff Guffey told a Senate panel on Sept. 19 that the postal bill introduced by Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE) and Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) is “fatally flawed.”

Second Day of Hearings On USPS ‘POStPlan’

September 19, 2013
A second day of arbitration hearings was held Sept. 19 on the APWU’s grievance protesting management’s “POStPlan.” The first day of hearings was May 1, when union presented its case.  The union charges that the plan, which resulted in a drastic...

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