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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...

Biden Administration Taps USPS and Postal Workers for Distribution of COVID Test Kits

January 13, 2022
The Biden Administration has announced a program to mail at-home COVID test kits to every household that requests them. These kits could be mailed to as many as 160 million addresses. APWU members will be critical to the success of the program.

URGENT ACTION NEEDED: Protect Voting Rights

January 12, 2022
Voting rights of the people are under attack and federal legislation is urgently needed to protect them. In order to pass the Freedom to Vote Act and the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021, the filibuster rules must be changed. “We...

How to File an OWCP Claim When Diagnosed with COVID-19

January 10, 2022
If you are a postal employee, no matter if you are a career employee or non-career employee, you are entitled to file a claim with the Office of Workers Compensation Programs.

Voting Rights Legislation of the 117th Congress: What You Need to Know

January 6, 2022
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2022 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Ahead of important elections, Congress and the Biden Administration must strengthen and enshrine voting rights at the federal level. With many...

Voting Rights Legislation of the 117th Congress: What You Need to Know

January 6, 2022
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2022 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Ahead of important elections, Congress and the Biden Administration must strengthen and enshrine voting rights at the federal level. With many...

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