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Congress Moves to Gut Postal and Federal Pensions — APWU Calls for Immediate Action!
May 1, 2025
On April 30, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform approved a number of significant cuts to the retirement benefits of postal and federal workers. Passed by a slim margin of 22-21, this measure will now be included in the full...
How to Receive One-Time Retirement Incentive Checks
April 29, 2025
The incentive checks will be sent to the employee’s office of last appointment. From there, the retiree can pick it up from the office or it will be mailed from the office to the address indicated on the PS 3077 -Request to Forward Salary Check form...
Annual Leave Exchange Option, PTF Employees - Remedy
In a recent national-level arbitration award by Arbitrator Byars on the remedy for depriving part-time flexible employees of the Annual Leave Exchange Option (ALEO), the arbitrator granted the union a remedy in an amount equal to interest, at the...
Marco Rubio Proposes Dismantling Medicare and Raising the Retirement Age
Today, Senator Marco Rubio insulted the American people by proposing that their most successful earned benefits program, Social Security, should be dismantled. Rubio’s plans to raise the retirement age and to privatize Social Security and Medicare...
Questions About Veterans Preference
The following are APWU responses to frequently asked questions about Veterans' Preference:
Post Offices Subject To the Maintenance Craft Jobs MOU
The Postal Service has submitted to the APWU a list of 89 post offices that will fall under Section 1.a of the Maintenance Craft Jobs Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).
USPS Plays the Perception Game
On May 17, the Postal Service announced that it would begin implementing a “new” network consolidation plan. Unfortunately, the new plan is the same as the old plan. In February, the USPS announced that it had approved 223 mail processing facilities...