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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...
Ballots Mailed in Election of National Union Officers
September 11, 2013
Ballots for the 2013 Election of APWU National Officers are being mailed Tuesday, Sept. 10, to Friday, Sept. 13. Every member in good standing as of June 15, 2013, will receive a ballot.
ALSO: Incentives Offered to Locals, Retiree Chapters to Get...
APWU Files Charges With Postal Regulatory Commission
September 5, 2013
The APWU filed a complaint with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) on Sept. 5 charging that the USPS is failing to comply with its own service standards and is depriving individuals, small businesses and organizations of the service they are...
Retirees Say: ‘Break the Chained CPI!’
September 2, 2013
APWU retirees across the country turned out in huge numbers on July 2 to protest the “Chained CPI,” a proposal to change the way cost-of-living adjustments are calculated that will result in lower COLAs for seniors. The event was sponsored by the...
1934: Southern Workers Spark Massive Textile Strike
August 31, 2013
In 1934, thousands of workers in Southern textile mills walked off the job seeking better pay and working conditions. The job actions they launched spread to New England and the Mid-Atlantic states and became one of the biggest industrial strikes in...
GAO: USPS Healthcare Plan Would Hurt Medicare, Postal Workers
August 20, 2013
A report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) confirms it: The Postal Service’s proposal to take postal workers out of the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program would weaken Medicare and would result in reduced coverage and increased...