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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...
Don’t Let Them Take Your ‘Postal Pulse’
March 2, 2015
The APWU and USPS are facing off over management’s latest scheme: The Postal Pulse, a new employee opinion survey. “The APWU vehemently opposes Postal Pulse – and any other employee opinion survey – despite management notices that say otherwise,”...
Say 'No' to Means Testing
March 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
The services that Americans depend on are often on the chopping block. When it comes to seniors, attacks on Social Security and Medicare are just the...
Help and Hope for Veterans
March 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
This winter, the APWU and community volunteers joined the Veterans Administration (VA) to give help and hope to veterans at the 19th annual...
A Break from Tradition
March 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
Contract negotiations between the American Postal Workers Union and the United States Postal Service got underway on Feb. 19 in a dramatic break with...
Full Disclosure Required
March 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
Postal employees are hardworking and giving. Many hold down two jobs. Some run a side business or help with a family business, while others volunteer...