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News Article | September 19, 2024

Unions Rally for Social Security Fairness on Capitol Hill

With just over a week before members of Congress leave Washington, D.C. until after the November elections, the time is now to pass the bipartisan Social Security Fairness Act (SSFA) (H.R. 82, S. 597)!

News Article | April 16, 2024

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee holds Hearing on Oversight of the USPS

On 4/16, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a hearing to conduct oversight of the USPS. The purpose of the hearing, as stated by Committee Chaiman Senator Gary Peters office

News Article | September 10, 2022

Our Work Continues: APWU Biennial National Convention, Congress’ End-of-Year Actions and the 2022 Elections

During our National Convention, the APWU Legislative and Political Department hosted a midterm election briefing that focused on our election efforts this upcoming November. Eddie Acosta, a national campaign coordinator with the AFL-CIO, spoke about what is at stake in this election and laid out the...

News Article | February 8, 2022

Breaking News: Postal Service Reform Act Passes the House of Representatives – on to the Senate!

On February 8, the Postal Service Reform Act of 2021 (H.R. 3076) passed with overwhelming support in the House of Representatives by a vote of 342-92. “After 15 years of fighting for much-needed and long-overdue reforms, we are one step away from securing a critical victory for postal workers, the P...

News Article | November 15, 2021

President Biden Signs Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

Today, President Biden signed H.R. 3684, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, into law. This bi-partisan, $1.2 Trillion package will make long-overdue investments in our nation's infrastructure, providing the funding to finally repair our decaying roads, bridges, and public transportation sys...

News Article | August 27, 2021

APWU Member Testifies on Service Standards

(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) APWU member Brian McLaurin was asked to testify before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) by Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen (D), who serves a...

Video | December 18, 2019

News Article | October 17, 2019

House Representative Elijah Cummings, Champion for Postal Workers, Dies at 68

The American Postal Workers Union joins the country in mourning the death of Representative Elijah Cummings (D-MD-7), chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. The Oversight and Government Reform Committee is the main committee that handles postal and postal worker issues.

News Article | July 24, 2019

‘Why Should I Stand Up and Get Involved in Union Activities and Campaigns?’

(This article first appeared in the July/August 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  Right now, you have a President of the United States who wants to take away your right to collective bargaining, something fought for and that we have had for almost 50 years: the right to negotiate w...

News Article | July 17, 2019

Grand Alliance Holds Congressional Briefing to Defend Public Postal Service

On July 15, A Grand Alliance to Save Our Public Postal Service held a Congressional briefing at the United States Capitol. The briefing’s three-member panel included APWU President Mark Dimondstein, Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) Associate Fellow Scott Klinger, and National Coalition on Black Ci...