December 29, 2025 For decades, career postal workers were told that if they served long enough, their retirement would be secure. On the late 2000s through the early 2020s, the United States Postal Service and Congress approved and enforced retirement and health-benefit policies that fundamentally reshaped how postal retirees would be covered. What followed was … Read more
January 8, 2026 The Thrift Savings Plan will allow participants to convert traditional funds to Roth funds within their TSP account beginning Wednesday, Jan. 28. This is known as a Roth in-plan conversion. Traditional retirement contributions are those that are taken from employee paychecks on a pretax basis, which can lower your taxable income for … Read more
January 5, 2026 Postal Service employees can contribute as much as $24,500 to the Thrift Savings Plan in 2026, up from $23,500 in 2025. The Internal Revenue Service recently announced the new contribution limits for the retirement savings plan, also known as the TSP. Employees 50 and older can contribute an additional $8,000 to the … Read more
December 16, 2025 The Postal Service’s business model is “unsustainable” despite changes in law and USPS initiatives of recent years designed to hold down costs and increase revenues, the GAO has said. The report cited familiar data showing that the USPS has lost money each year since 2007—a total of $118 billion—when the historic growth … Read more
By Tammy Flanagan – December 11, 2025 As 2025 is winding down and many federal employees are in the transition period between federal employment and retirement. There are thousands of employees who have entered retirement since the Fork in the Road began the process of massive federal downsizing but have not yet begun to receive their full … Read more
December 5, 2025 The NRLCA has been notified by the Postal Service of adjustments related to enactment of H.R. 1, known as the OBBB, that will appear as “multi-pay period adjustments” in paychecks received 12/5/2025. The USPS has stated the adjustments will only result in increases in payments of varying amounts to rural craft employees. … Read more
The annual open season enrollment period runs from Nov. 10-Dec. 8. A variety of health, vision and dental coverage options are available to USPS employees during open season.
The main reason for this proposed resolution is all APWU Members, both retirees and non-retirees, should be treated in the same manner at the APWU National Conventions. We should all be united and eliminate all divisive issues. The one (1) for twenty-five (25) ratio would not harm the APWU in any way. Retirees are long … Read more