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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.”

'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-...

A Grand Alliance to Save Our Public Postal Service

March 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)  On Feb. 12, more than 60 national organizations joined forces to launch A Grand Alliance to Save Our Public Postal Service. The debut of the...

On the Worker Floor: Stickers and More

March 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) As negotiations began, APWU members on the work floor expressed solidarity. Across the country members wore stickers on opening day that said, “Good...

From ‘Collective Begging’ Collective Bargaining

February 28, 2015
March 2015 marks the 45th anniversary of the Great Postal Strike of 1970. The courage and solidarity shown by thousands of union members during the wildcat job action resulted in vastly improved wages and benefits.

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