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Upcoming Proposed Flexible Spending Account Changes
October 30, 2024
The APWU was recently notified of the proposed change to the FSA (Flexible Spending Account) administrator. FSA is an important negotiated benefit as it allows employees to put aside “pre-tax” dollars for certain medical and dependent care expenses.
Starkest Threat to Veterans' Benefits Is Project 2025, Another Trump Administration
October 23, 2024
More than 30,000 APWU members are Veterans, and many more have Veterans in their families or among their close friends. With Election Day drawing near, it’s important for APWU members to understand that Veterans’ issues are on the ballot once again...
New Policy Brief Shows Importance of Postal Service to Black Families in Present and Future
March 1, 2021
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
In February, the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) released a new policy brief, titled “Black Families Have a Major Stake in the Future of the Public...
Labor News
March 1, 2021
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
1,400 Warehouse Workers and Drivers in New York Win Raise After Strike
On January 17, around 1,400 members of Teamsters Local 202 who work at Hunts...
Learning the Union Difference
March 1, 2021
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
There is certainly something to be said for developing working relationships with postal management or company representatives. When you have someone...
MVS Challenges Zero Base Review
March 1, 2021
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
The APWU initiated a National Dispute on January 29, 2021, challenging the Postal Service’s National Zero Base review program and Transportation...
Postal Workers Are Essential Workers
March 1, 2021
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
Moving forward into 2021, we can be amazed and be proud of how we persevered and managed to get through the past year of COVID-19 battered but unbowed...