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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...
Central Regional Coordinator Sharyn Stone Retires: Amy Puhalski Appointed as New Coordinator
May 10, 2023
Central Regional Coordinator Sharyn Stone has announced her retirement effective April 30, 2023. Sister Stone assumed her position of Regional Coordinator and National Executive Board member in 2001 and served for over 20 years with passion and...
APWU National Presidents Conference Rallies at Postal HQ Against Cuts, For Better Service
May 10, 2023
Hundreds of postal workers demonstrated outside of USPS headquarters on Tuesday, May 9 at a rally coordinated by the APWU National Presidents Conference. The rally, which coincided with a meeting of Postal Service Board of Governors, called for a...
Postal Workers "Speak Up Together" for Dignity and Respect
May 5, 2023
Postal workers were “fired up, and ready to go,” as APWU members and allies across the country took action to demand dignity and respect on the Workers Memorial Day National Day of Action. On April 28, union members wore stickers, filled out union...
2024 Annual Leave Exchange and Carryover MOU
May 5, 2023
As with previous years, the Postal Service has agreed to increase the maximum number of hours career employees may carry over into the next leave year. Career employees may also “exchange” (sell back”) additional annual leave.
USPS sees ‘massive turnover’ in non-career workers as union protests short-staffing
May 3, 2023
The Postal Service says it’s getting operations on the right track after years of pandemic-related challenges.
But the American Postal Workers Union says the agency remains too short-staffed to meet service standards, leading to burnout and a high...