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Join Webinar on Tuesday, May 13 at 7PM ET to Protect Our Postal Pensions!

May 12, 2025
Postal and Federal Pensions are at risk – APWU will be hosting a Legislative webinar on Tuesday, May 13 at 7-8PM ET titled Protect Our Pensions: Fight Back Against Proposed Retirement Cuts to explain its devastating impacts and how we can combat...

Statement by APWU President Mark Dimondstein on the Selection of the Next Postmaster General

May 9, 2025
On May 9, 2025, the Postal Board of Governors announced the selection of David Steiner as the next Postmaster General. Steiner is now going through an internal vetting process and is expected to assume the position sometime in July.

PRC Issues Warning to USPS about Service Standard Change

July 21, 2021
The Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) released its Advisory Opinion on the Postal Service’s proposals to slow the First Class Mail service standard to as many as five days, and issued a serious warning to postal management about their proposal. The...

Funeral Assistance for COVID-19 Related Deaths

July 21, 2021
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Editor’s Note: The text in this article is taken from the Federal Emergency Management Agency Website. For additional information on funeral...

Former National Officer Thomas Neill Passes Away

July 9, 2021
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Thomas Neill passed away on April 23 at the age of 87. Brother Neill first joined the Post Office in 1961 in Houston, TX, following four years of...

Postal Legislation and the Need for Filibuster Reform

July 9, 2021
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Since the last issue of The American Postal Worker, the Postal Service Reform Act of 2021 (H.R. 3076 &S. 1720) was introduced in the 117th...

New Research Shows Potential of Postal Banking

July 9, 2021
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) In the last edition of The American Postal Worker, we noted that the growing momentum for expanded postal banking was meeting increased opposition....

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