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USPS Announces Termination of FSAFEDS Accounts for 2025 Plan Year, Provides New Enrollment Option for Affected Employees
January 17, 2025
On Dec. 30, 2024, the Postal Service notified the APWU that it is informing employees who enrolled in the FSAFEDS Flexible Spending Account (FSA) for plan year 2025 that their accounts will be terminated. FSAFEDS is no longer the FSA administrator...
Postal Workers and Allies: Stop the Slowdown!
January 17, 2025
Stop the Slowdown! The Postal Service proposed plans to decrease service standards to the detriment of our communities. Here’s why hundreds of thousands members of the public are standing up and fighting back against efforts to degrade the country’s...
Vote By Mail - Defending the Right to Vote During a Pandemic
May 20, 2020
(This article first appeared in the May/June 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
As we come to terms with the new reality that the COVID-19 crisis has created, many are wondering how this will impact the November election. Will people...
June Training Webinars
May 19, 2020
The Industrial Relations Department will be holding a series of Webinars during the month of June for local leaders, stewards, and support staff. Four webinars will be held on the following topics:
The Basics of APWU Search (Lexis Nexis)
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House Passes New Stimulus Bill- Postal Funding Included
May 16, 2020
On May 15th, the House of Representatives passed the fifth COVID-19 response package. The 1815 page Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act (H.R. 6800) provides some resources to lessen the impact of COVID-19 including...
Payment of Retroactive Pay Increases
May 13, 2020
Retroactive payments for the pay increases under the 2018-2021 Collective Bargaining Agreement, have been scheduled for pay period 18-2020, paycheck dated September 4, 2020 – barring any issues or unexpected systems changes.
On the Appointment of Louis DeJoy as the 75th Postmaster General of the United States Postal Service
May 7, 2020
Statement from Mark Dimondstein, President of the American Postal Workers Union, On the Appointment of Louis DeJoy as the 75th Postmaster General of the United States Postal Service