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This is a 'Code Red Alert' to APWU Veterans

January 21, 2025
In the last Home Front article, we warned veterans about “Project 2025” and how a second Trump term would destroy the VA, and VA healthcare benefits. Unfortunately for our APWU veteran family, his Project 2025 plan to destroy VA healthcare could...

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...

2018 Convention Transcript Now Available

November 15, 2018
An official transcript of the proceedings from the APWU’s 24th Biennial National Convention is now available to union members on www.apwu.org. The convention is the highest governing body of the APWU. The 1,520-page document provides a full...

2018 Penalty Overtime Exclusion Period

November 13, 2018
Reminder, in accordance with Article 8, sections 4 and 5, of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, penalty overtime rules are not applicable for a consecutive four-week period each year during December.  This year, the December period begins December...

Register Today to Join the Call on Nov. 14!

November 12, 2018
On Nov. 14, at 11 a.m. EST and 7 p.m. EST the Legislative & Political Department will host a call on the US Mail Not for Sale campaign. Click here for a downloadable flyer to spread the word!  As we move into the Congressional Lame Duck Session...

Don’t Sell Out Veterans by Selling Off the Postal Service

November 11, 2018
Today we join in honoring our veterans, including the tens of thousands of APWU members, both active and retired, who are currently or have proudly served. One important way to honor our them is to ensure they have access to the good jobs,...

Labor News

November 6, 2018
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2018 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine)  Wave of Hotel Strikes UNITE HERE strikers in Hawaii Hotel workers represented by Unite Here locals across the country rose up in September in a...

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