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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...
A Break from Tradition
March 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
Contract negotiations between the American Postal Workers Union and the United States Postal Service got underway on Feb. 19 in a dramatic break with...
Say 'No' to Means Testing
March 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
The services that Americans depend on are often on the chopping block. When it comes to seniors, attacks on Social Security and Medicare are just the...
Help and Hope for Veterans
March 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
This winter, the APWU and community volunteers joined the Veterans Administration (VA) to give help and hope to veterans at the 19th annual...
Full Disclosure Required
March 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
Postal employees are hardworking and giving. Many hold down two jobs. Some run a side business or help with a family business, while others volunteer...
The Fight for Pay Equity
March 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
The Equal Pay Act, signed by President John F. Kennedy in 1963, made it illegal to pay men and women working the same job different salaries....