Bill to Give Major Tax Cuts to the Ultra Wealthy Stalled in Committee
May 17, 2025Keep Calling Congress to Oppose Cuts to Postal and Federal Pensions
On May 16, 2025, the House Budget Committee voted by a margin of 21-16 against advancing a bill that would give $4.5 trillion in tax cuts to the ultra wealthy on the backs of the working class. This rejection will likely delay the process and we will continue to fight to change the bill before it gets another vote.
Unfortunately, some of the committee members who opposed the bill did so in an attempt to inflict more spending cuts. Remember that in order to pay for these massive tax cuts, Congress has opted to reduce government expenses, including our pensions. Within this tax cut bill there are direct attacks on the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS), including:
Replacing the High-3 FERS annuity calculation with a High-5 calculation, resulting in a reduction in annuity payments
Eliminating the FERS Social Security supplement, which would deny workers who are eligible to retire the supplemental payments used to bridge the gap before their Social Security benefits begin at age 62
Increasing the mandatory FERS annuity contribution rate for all active employees to 4.4%
Members of Congress, on both sides of the aisle, have spoken out against cuts to our pensions. However, many senior leaders in Congress, and the White House, are actively working to convince members to reconsider their opposition to the bill, and to pass it through the House of Representatives before Memorial Day.
Because we don’t know what the final bill will include, now is the time to act! We encourage APWU members and supporters to call our Legislative Hotline at 844-402-1001 and urge your House representative to OPPOSE any cuts to federal and postal pensions!
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Read More....Bill to Give Major Tax Cuts to the Ultra Wealthy Stalls in Committee
May 17, 2025Keep Calling Congress to Oppose Cuts to Postal and Federal Pensions
On May 16, 2025, the House Budget Committee voted by a margin of 21-16 against advancing a bill that would give $4.5 trillion in tax cuts to the ultra wealthy on the backs of the working class. This rejection will likely delay the process and we will continue to fight to change the bill before it gets another vote.
Unfortunately, some of the committee members who opposed the bill did so in an attempt to inflict more spending cuts. Remember that in order to pay for these massive tax cuts, Congress has opted to reduce government expenses, including our pensions. Within this tax cut bill there are direct attacks on the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS), including:
Replacing the High-3 FERS annuity calculation with a High-5 calculation, resulting in a reduction in annuity payments
Eliminating the FERS Social Security supplement, which would deny workers who are eligible to retire the supplemental payments used to bridge the gap before their Social Security benefits begin at age 62
Increasing the mandatory FERS annuity contribution rate for all active employees to 4.4%
Members of Congress, on both sides of the aisle, have spoken out against cuts to our pensions. However, many senior leaders in Congress, and the White House, are actively working to convince members to reconsider their opposition to the bill, and to pass it through the House of Representatives before Memorial Day.
Because we don’t know what the final bill will include, now is the time to act! We encourage APWU members and supporters to call our Legislative Hotline at 844-402-1001 and urge your House representative to OPPOSE any cuts to federal and postal pensions!
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Newly Organized IAM Union Network Operations Control Customer Planners Reach Strong Tentative Agreement with Southwest Airlines
IAM Union (International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers) District 142 members who are Network Operations Control Customer Planners (NOCs) announced a tentative agreement with Southwest Airlines, marking a significant milestone in the union’s efforts to deliver strong first contracts across the airline industry. The IAM members are part of the Southwest Customer Service Employees, also known
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UAW Endorses Rev. Solomon Kinloch Jr. for Mayor of Detroit
The United Auto Workers have endorsed Rev. Solomon Kinloch Jr. for Mayor of Detroit. A longtime advocate for working-class people, Kinloch possesses not only a bold vision for an inclusive Detroit but also deep union roots — as a former member of UAW Local 235 and the son of a proud UAW family.
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Workers at Dairy Farmers of America Join Teamsters
(GOLDSBORO, N.C.) – Drivers at Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) in Goldsboro, N.C. have voted to join Teamsters Local 391 as contract negotiations resume for 2,000 Teamsters at the dairy co-operative nationwide. The 11 drivers overcame an intense anti-union campaign from the company. In the two weeks leading up to the election, DFA sent company […]
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👊 IAM UNION ON THE HILL: Solidarity For IAM Members at Pratt & Whitney
Click Here to view this edition of IAM UNION on the Hill.
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New Jersey Transit Teamsters Launch First Strike at the Railroad in 42 Years
(NEWARK, N.J.) – This morning, 450 locomotive engineers at New Jersey Transit (NJT) will launch the first strike at the railroad since 1983. The railroaders are represented by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) of the Teamsters Rail Conference. “Railroad executives had every opportunity to reach a fair deal, but these fucking clowns […]
Read More....Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Profile: Greta Jianjia Cheng
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Profile: Greta Jianjia Cheng
For Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month this year, the AFL-CIO is spotlighting various Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders who have worked and continue to work at the intersection of civil and labor rights in the United States. Today’s profile is Greta Jianjia Cheng of USW.
Greta Jianjia Cheng, a graduate student researcher at the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, was a driving force during last year’s campaign for graduate workers at the university to join the United Steelworkers (USW). About 2,100 graduate workers voted by 98% in November to become USW members—one of the most lopsided margins in the union’s history. Cheng came to the United States in 2017 to pursue graduate studies, and saw firsthand the challenges that come with being an international graduate student. Now, as a member of the USW bargaining committee, she hopes to address those issues.
Kenneth Quinnell
Fri, 05/16/2025 – 09:17
FERS, CSRS & CSRS Offset Retirement Planning Seminar on ZOOM
The APWU Retiree’s Department Presents “FERS, CSRS & CSRS Offset Retirement Planning Seminar on ZOOM”
Saturday, May 31, 2025, at 12:00pm, Eastern Standard Time (EST)
SPECIAL NOTES:
1-Participants must be an APWU member.
2-Participants cannot register with a USPS email address, i.e., @usps.gov.
3-Each participant must register individually and not as a group.
4-Participants can not attend this training on the Postal Service time clock.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email to join the meeting.
May 31, 2025 – 12:00PMZoomRegister Here
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Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Labor and Workplace Health and Safety Groups Sue to Restore Programs at NIOSH
Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Labor and Workplace Health and Safety Groups Sue to Restore Programs at NIOSH
Working people across the United States regularly step up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our Service & Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story.
On Wednesday, unions across nursing, education, mining and manufacturing industries, along with a manufacturer of personal protective equipment, sued the Trump administration to reverse the illegal dismantling of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), a component of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).The plaintiffs include the AFL-CIO, American Federation of Teachers (AFT), Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics (AOEC), California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee (CNA/NNOC), Dentec Safety Specialists Inc., the Machinists (IAM), National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE-IAM), National Nurses United (NNU), New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA), United Auto Workers (UAW), Mine Workers (UMWA) and United Steelworkers (USW).“By gutting NIOSH, Elon Musk and his DOGE won’t just be cutting corners—they are cutting lives short and placing working people in danger. Working people have fought too hard for these critical protections to now watch an unelected billionaire dismantle them and take us back to a time when chronic disease and death on the job was commonplace,” said AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler. “I’m proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with unions and partners today in filing this lawsuit to challenge this illegal, reckless and potentially deadly assault on worker health and safety.”Read the full press release on the lawsuit here.
Kenneth Quinnell
Fri, 05/16/2025 – 09:09