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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...

Members in Action

May 1, 2018
This article first appeared in the May-June 2018 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine)  Tulsa Area Local Secretary-Treasurer Cynthia McNeilance (right) speaking to strikers. Also pictured is OPWU President Ashley Cargill (top left), and OPWU...

Janus v. AFSCME Q&A

May 1, 2018
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2018 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine)  During the last few months, there has been a lot of discussion in the news about the Janus Supreme Court case and how it will affect public employees,...

Vote for 'Issues that Can Unite Us' on Election Day

May 1, 2018
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2018 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine)  By Legislative & Political Director Judy Beard  The AFL-CIO Convention last October called for a break with the politics of the “lesser of two evils...

Letters

May 1, 2018
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2018 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine)  Feb. 18, 2018 Dear Editor Mark Dimondstein, My name is Susan Nichols and I am sending you this [letter and photograph below] on behalf of the group of...

Marching in Memphis: 50 Years Later

May 1, 2018
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2018 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine)  To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike and the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., union activists and...

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