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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...
Standing Rock Sioux Stands Up to Big Oil
November 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the November-December 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
The Standing Rock Sioux, a federally recognized Native American tribe, has taken a stand against the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline...
What to Expect in a Lame Duck Congress
November 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the November-December issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
When members of Congress return to the Capitol after Election Day, they will be officially operating in a “lame duck” session. The “lame duck”...
Understanding Climate Change
November 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the November-December 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
Climate change is defined as “Any significant long-term change in the expected patterns of average weather of a region (or the whole Earth)...
Veteran's Day
November 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the November-December 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
Every year on Nov. 11, Americans celebrate Veterans Day to honor the millions of men and women who have served, or are serving in our nation’s...
Labor History Milestones
October 31, 2016
(This article first appeared in the November-December 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
A letter carrier delivers a live baby, which became outlawed in 1916 when post office management set a weight limit on packages and barred the...