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Big News!! APWU, USPS Reach Tentative Agreement on New Union Contract!
June 6, 2025
The American Postal Workers Union and the U.S. Postal Service have reached a tentative Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), announced APWU President and Lead Negotiator Mark Dimondstein. The proposed union contract is three years in duration:...
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.
New EEOC Disability Rules
March 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
By Human Relations Director Sue Carney
The Rehabilitation Act is a federal civil rights law that prohibits federal agencies, including the United...
Q & A with Quanisha Mcneal
March 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
From time-to-time, the American Postal Worker interviews union leaders to learn why they got involved in the American Postal Workers Union. In this...
Legislative Update
March 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
By Legislative Director Judy Beard
The 115th Congress convened on Jan. 3, and legislators wasted no time introducing bills and resolutions of...
Promises, Promises
March 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
By Western Region Coordinator Omar Gonzalez
I’m not referring to New Year’s resolutions many of us already broke. I refer to what promises to be an...
Negotiations, Negotiations
March 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
By Support Services Director Steve Brooks
We are hitting the new year running. We ended 2016 in the middle of contract negotiations for our...