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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.

Mental Health Workers at Kaiser Hospitals Strike

March 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)  “Mental health, not corporate wealth!” That’s the plea of 2,600 National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) mental health employees at Kaiser...

The TPP: A Secret, Dirty Deal

March 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)  A trade deal the U.S. is negotiating in secret with 11 other countries would slash labor rights; obstruct access to medication; degrade food safety...

APWU Joins "Government Works for America" Rally

March 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)  Members of the APWU endured freezing temperatures with their brothers and sisters from other federal and postal unions at a “Government Works for...

'Stop Staples' Campaign Disrupts Privatization Push

March 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Since the Postal Service launched its no-bid deal with Staples, thousands of postal workers and supporters have made headlines boycotting and...

Have You Seen the Video?

March 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)  The launch of A Grand Alliance to Save Our Public Postal Service featured the debut of a 2-minute video, “Our Postal Service,” featuring actor-...

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