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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...
Working Together to Reduce the Arbitration Backlog
March 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
By Secretary-Treasurer Liz Powell
Presently, there is an arbitration backlog and the reason is simple. The grievances appealed to arbitration are...
Unity and Activism - Key to Victory!
March 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
By President Mark Dimondstein
After a dynamic three-year campaign, we have won the Stop Staples fight! Postal management informed the APWU in...
Honoring Women's History
March 1, 2017
On Feb 27, 2017, The APWU National Executive Board adopted a proclamation to honor the women of the APWU throughout March, in celebration of Women's History Month. Click to read the proclamation...
The Great 1970 Mail Strike that Stunned the Country
February 28, 2017
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
In March of 1970, the United States had been in a financial and commerce standstill for two weeks. Tired of poor working conditions and low pay,...
APWU Deaf/Hard of Hearing Conference is May 2
February 22, 2017
The 2017 APWU Deaf/Hard of Hearing Conference will be held in Washington, DC at Kellogg Conference Center at Gallaudet University on May 2, 2017. This one-day conference will address the unique problems and concerns in the workplace, union, and...