Search
collapse >>
Search for Articles
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...
Congress Heads Out after Funding the Federal Government
December 21, 2016
On the heels of the 2016 elections and with the New Year approaching, APWU members should make a resolution to stay engaged on legislation at all levels (city/state/national) crucial to our livelihoods. In that spirit, we should reflect on our...
Remembering Emma Tenayuca
December 21, 2016
20-year old Emma Tenayuca speaks to members of the
National Workers Alliance outside a hearing
investigating beatings by border patrol officers, Feb. 23, 1937.
Photo courtesy of UTSA
In Depression-era south Texas, Emma Tenayuca was a young Mexican-...
Priorities Trump Should Set for Vets
December 20, 2016
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
President-elect Donald Trump made veterans, trade and jobs the cornerstones of his campaign.
Together We Stopped the TPP!!
December 19, 2016
APWU members rallied against the TPP at the 2016 National Convention.
The 114th U.S. Congressional session is over and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is officially dead. This victory comes despite it being a signature effort of the White House...
Landmark Arbitration Decision Upholds Craft Assignments, Job Posting Rights
December 16, 2016
Arbitrator Stephen Goldberg issued a decision on Dec. 8, 2016, holding that the Postal Service violated the Collective Bargaining Agreement when it failed to assign Sales Retention Team (SRT) center work to the Clerk Craft and post the positions for...