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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...
How COVID-19 is Affecting Union Elections
September 16, 2020
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
COVID-19 has impacted APWU’s local and state elections, which were scheduled to take place throughout the months of the pandemic. As a result,...
APWU Initiating Step 4 National Dispute Regarding DeJoy Retail Office Closures
September 16, 2020
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
Recently, management at retail post offices throughout the country unilaterally posted signage on the entrances of their facilities stating...
Vote by Mail: The Postal Service Can Handle It
September 16, 2020
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
Mail-in voter fraud is a conspiracy. The real problem is voter suppression.
With the Nov. 3 election fast approaching, fighting voter...
USPS Planning to Reduce AFCS, DBCS, AFSM100, and FSS in its Mail Processing Facilities
September 16, 2020
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
Please be advised that pursuant to Article 15, Sections 2 and 4, of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, the APWU is initiating a Step 4 Dispute...
It Pays to Be Union! Retroactive Pay and COLAs in Recent Paychecks
September 16, 2020
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
As this issue goes to press, most APWU members received their retroactive pay in their paychecks dated September 4. This retroactive pay is the...