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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...
Changes are Coming in Mail Processing Facilities
August 27, 2021
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
In recent weeks and months, the Postal Service has begun implementing changes to its mail processing operations, and these changes are apt to...
Q&A with Bessemer, AL Amazon Union Organizer Jennifer Bates
August 27, 2021
(This article first appeared in the September-October issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
Earlier this year, workers at Amazon’s Bessemer, AL fulfillment center worked to unionize their workplace with the Retail, Wholesale and Department...
National Maintenance Assistant Director “A” Jimmie Waldon Retires
August 24, 2021
National Maintenance Assistant Director “A” Jimmie Waldon announced his retirement in August 2021 after over 14 years as a national officer. Prior to being elected to this position on July 18, 2018, he served as the Western Region Maintenance...
AFL-CIO Executive Council Elects Sister Liz Shuler President
August 20, 2021
Today, the AFL-CIO Executive Council elected Sister Liz Shuler President of the federation to fill the vacancy left by the untimely death of Brother Richard Trumka on August 5.
OSHA Releases New COVID-19 Guidance to Protect Workers
August 20, 2021
As the Delta Variant of the COVID-19 virus is raging through the country the American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO, encourages you to follow recommendations that slow the spread of COVID-19. These include:
Wearing a Face Covering when indoors no...