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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...

COVID-19 Vaccination Emergency Standard

November 4, 2021
In September, President Biden issued a directive to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to issue an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) requiring all employers with 100+ employees to ensure their workers are vaccinated or tested...

20th-Year Remembrance Event for Postal Workers Killed in Anthrax Attacks

October 27, 2021
On October 21, the United States Postal Service and the Nation’s Capital Southern MD Area Local (NCSMAL) held a remembrance event for the two postal workers killed by the October 2001 anthrax attacks. Joseph P. Curseen and Thomas L. Morris were both...

Kenneth Lester Appointed As Maintenance Division NBA

October 26, 2021
In accordance with Article 21 of the American Postal Workers Union Constitution & Bylaws, Kenneth Lester has been appointed to serve as Maintenance Division, Eastern Region National Business Agent. Kenneth Lester was selected by Maintenance...

Bulk Mail Tech and Mailing Requirements Clerk MOU Extended Again

October 7, 2021
The original April 3, 2020 MOU, Re: Bulk Mail Tech and Mailing Requirements Clerk Position Qualification, was extended by the parties on February 9, 2022. This latest extension will expire on April 8, 2022 unless agreed upon by the parties to...

Additional Extension of April 3, 2020 MOU, Re: Bulk Mail Tech and Mailing Requirements Clerk Position Qualification, Agreed to by APWU & USPS

October 7, 2021
By agreement between the parties on December 29, 2021, the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), Re: Bulk Mail Tech and Mailing Requirements Clerk Position Qualification has once again been extended. The attached extension is good through February 11,...

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