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Senate Passes Social Security Fairness Act, Securing Economic Justice for Postal, Federal, and Public-Sector Retirees

December 21, 2024
On Friday Dec. 20, the Senate voted 76-20 to pass The Social Security Fairness Act (H.R. 82), righting a decades-old wrong, and winning economic justice for postal, federal, and public-sector retirees by repealing the Windfall Elimination Provision...

Maintenance PTR Settlement Payout 2024 -2025

December 16, 2024
The Maintenance PTR Settlement Payout for 2024-2025 will be disbursed to eligible maintenance PTR employees. Provide your EIN to check your eligibility. 

Re-Employment Rules For Postal, Federal Retirees

Under civil service retirement laws covering CSRS and FERS employees, retirees are not barred from postal or federal re-employment in appointed or elected positions for which they are qualified. People who retired under other retirement laws,...

For Social Security Recipients:

The 2015 Social Security COLA is based on the third quarter (July, August, September) average CPI-W index in 2014 over the 2013 third quarter average.  After the fourth quarter of 2013, the first quarter of the 2015 COLA adjustment period, the...

e-Team Report, Sept. 30, 2011

Postal Unions Rally All Across the Country for H.R. 1351 McCain Introduces Version Of Issa’s Bill in the Senate Multiple U. S. Reps. Introduce Postal Legislation APWU President Guffey on MSNBC’s Ed Show and CSPAN H.R. 1351 Tops as Thomas’s Most...

Rolling Thunder’s Ride For Freedom Motorcycle Rally

For the past several years, APWU members have come together to participate in Ride for Freedom, an annual rally in Washington, DC to raise awareness about veteran and POW-MIA issues. Come ride with us or watch from the sidelines as we join more than...

Another Biased Report Calls for Privatizing Mail Processing

Another conservative think tank has jumped on the “privatize everything but the last mile” bandwagon, reports APWU Executive Vice President Greg Bell. A June 2013 report by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation offers a plan that...

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