Information about efforts to maintain public postal services for all Americans.
Information about efforts to maintain public postal services for all Americans.
The latest news on USPS plant consolidations and post office service cuts.
APWU is on the front lines of the legislative battle to preserve the Postal Service as a public service for the American People.
08/18/2017 - 
The APWU’s national headquarters is gearing up for the upcoming 2018 Contract Campaign! And you can get involved by entering our contest to help us come up with our campaign slogan (click here for flyer and and see details below).
08/18/2017 - Early registration for the All Craft Conference and the Retirees Conference has been extended until September 8, 2017. The cost is $85 for the All Craft Conference and $40 for the Retirees Conference. After September 8, 2017, the cost for the All Craft Conference is $135 and $45 for the Retirees Conference.
08/11/2017 - In accordance with the 2015-2018 Collective Bargaining Agreement, career employees represented by the APWU will receive a 13 cents per hour cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) effective September 2. The increase is the result of an increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI-W). The increase will appear in paychecks dated September 22, 2017 (Pay Period 19-2017), and will total $270.00 per year.
08/10/2017 - 
07/28/2017 - The American Postal Workers Union and United States Postal Service reached a tentative agreement for bargaining unit employees in the Information Technology and Accounting Services Centers (IT/AS). This agreement is subject to ratification by the membership (under the Support Services Division).
07/27/2017 - 
This Postal Heritage Day, two APWU locals celebrated the USPS’ 242nd birthday by holding informational pickets informing the public about the proposed job cuts by USPS management through reversions, abolishments and excessing – further disrupting services to the public.
More than 70 national organizations have joined forces with APWU to launch A Grand Alliance to Save Our Public Postal Service.
Updated 05/01/2017
USPS efforts to cut the nation’s mail processing network persists, but the union is fighting back.
Updated 07/01/2017
Privatizers on Wall Street and in Congress are eager to defund and dismantle the Postal Service so they can turn over the profitable pieces to their cronies in private industry, undermining universal service to the American people.
Updated 07/27/2017
Across the country, the people are fighting back against the closure of post offices and shorter hours of operation, which weaken service and threaten the future of our beloved national treasure.
Updated 07/01/2017
The USPS is well positioned to provide basic financial services to those whose needs are unmet by the traditional financial sector.
Updated 07/01/2017
Legislation that preserves the USPS as a public service for the American people is an over-arching goal of the APWU.
Updated 07/13/2017
Postal workers and customers across the country have a message for the Postmaster General and the USPS Board of Governors: Stop Delaying America's Mail!
Updated 08/10/2017
The APWU is fighting to stop a shady deal between the USPS and Staples, which jeopardizes mail service and local post offices – along with thousands of living-wage jobs.
Updated 03/01/2017
Are Contracting Officers Improperly Extending Contracts?
Postal Regulatory Commission in the Move Update price change filed on June 30
Congressional Bill Would Raise Postal Rates for Political Parties - See the full bill
As US Postal Service struggles, Stamps.com fortunes rise
Cincinnati Post Office closed due to building issues
Postal workers protest cutbacks
Postal service union warns of job cuts, service reductions at Charlotte rally
USPS cutting 12,000 jobs nationwide; longer lines, slower delivery expected
City, federal officials meet with U.S. Postal Service over mail stoppage in Shadle-Garland
Democrats claim Trump’s air traffic control privatization plan is unconstitutional
TSP modernization act advances senate
Dems asked CBO to score rumored "skinny repeal": it would leave 16 million more uninsured
Bosses want capitalism for themselves and feudalism for their workers
Amazon announces U.S. hiring spree as labor market tightens
Royal Mail have introduced a pilot posting service in the North West
