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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.
Mail Processing Staying Put in Western MD
May 7, 2007
The Cumberland Area Local’s anti-consolidation
T-shirt made its debut last summer.
The APWU was notified May 4 that the proposed consolidation of some mail-processing operations involving two sites 90 miles apart in western Maryland has been...
Women’s Organizing Campaign Grows
May 7, 2007
Support for the Women’s Organizing Campaign is growing, with 89 locals and 17 state organizations participating, said Liz Powell, chairperson of the APWU subcommittee that is coordinating the drive.
Because of new interest in the campaign, the...
St. Petersburg Consolidation to Proceed
May 3, 2007
The Postal Service has notified the APWU that it will implement plans to shift some mail-processing operations from the St. Petersburg (FL) Processing and Distribution Center to the Tampa P&DC. Citing declining mail volume at the St. Petersburg...
APWU Web Site 'De-Links' Locals During Union Election Period
May 2, 2007
The APWU national election period has begun, and in approximately five months, on Oct. 5, the counting of ballots will commence.
The rules for the election of APWU national officers, as prepared by the 2007 APWU National Election Committee,...
Pete Seeger: Activist, Master Songsmith
April 30, 2007
Even if you’ve never been to a labor rally, a civil rights demonstration, or a folk music concert, chances are you’ve been touched by the music of Pete Seeger.
For more than six decades, this gifted performer has traveled the world spreading...