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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...

Two Recent Agreements: Staffing and Employee Orientation

November 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the November-December 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Editor’s Note: Tony D. McKinnon Sr. prepared the article below prior to the counting of ballots in the APWU election of union officers, which...

A Time for Reflection And Planning

November 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the November-December issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The end of 2016 is a good time to reflect on what happened earlier this year, but it is also a good time to plan for 2017. Planning your chores for...

Organize for a Safe, Non-Hostile Work Environment

November 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the November-December issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) We are now entering our busiest season, and union members want a safe and non-hostile work environment. It’s also in the Postal Service’s best...

Moving Forward In a New Term

November 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the November-December 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) I am deeply honored to be re-elected national union president by the members of the APWU. I greatly appreciate and am humbled by the...

Organizers Share Experiences

November 1, 2016
Stop Staples Atlanta (This article first appeared in the November-December 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Stop Staples activists from New York City, Atlanta, Boston, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Northern California shared their...

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