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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...
Be the Change
May 7, 2021
(This article first appeared in the May/June 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
Routinely the Organizing Department receives emails, letters and phones calls from current members who are frustrated. Often, I think some of this angst...
Infrastructure, Voting Rights, Retirement Security: Our Fight Continues
May 7, 2021
(This article first appeared in the May/June 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
After the American Rescue Plan Act was signed into law on March 11, we turned our sights to another key legislative package being eyed by the Biden...
Postal Banking Gaining Steam in Congress
May 7, 2021
(This article first appeared in the May/June 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
Members of Congress are making waves in the fight to win postal banking in the United States. As they did in the last Congress, Representatives Bill...
Labor News
May 7, 2021
(This article first appeared in the May/June 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
1,300 Steelworkers on Strike Across Five States
On March 30, around 1,300 workers, represented by the United Steelworkers (USW), began a strike at nine...
APWU/USPS concluded ET- 11 Virtual LMOU Negotiations
May 3, 2021
The Maintenance Division recently concluded the negotiation for National Support Technicians Local Memorandum of Understanding on April 19, 2021, after several months of delays due to the COVID pandemic. The parties agreed to continue to explore...