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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.

Screening Options for Colorectal Cancer

May 7, 2021
(This article first appeared in the May/June 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Colorectal cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer-related death among adults in the U.S. With proper screening and treatment, it is possible to...

Join the APWU’s Women’s Committee

May 7, 2021
(This article first appeared in the May/June 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) APWU POWER (Post Office Women for Equal Rights), the women’s committee within the American Postal Workers Union, was founded in St. Louis, Missouri on...

Be the Change

May 7, 2021
(This article first appeared in the May/June 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Routinely the Organizing Department receives emails, letters and phones calls from current members who are frustrated. Often, I think some of this angst...

Infrastructure, Voting Rights, Retirement Security: Our Fight Continues

May 7, 2021
(This article first appeared in the May/June 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) After the American Rescue Plan Act was signed into law on March 11, we turned our sights to another key legislative package being eyed by the Biden...

Postal Banking Gaining Steam in Congress

May 7, 2021
(This article first appeared in the May/June 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Members of Congress are making waves in the fight to win postal banking in the United States. As they did in the last Congress, Representatives Bill...

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