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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...
‘Zero Base’ Initiative Dispute Settled
January 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
The APWU and the Postal Service settled a dispute in September concerning management’s restructuring of Tractor-Trailer Operator and Motor...
First Time in More than a Decade: Clerk Craft Grows
January 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
For the first time in many years, the number of employees in the Clerk Craft has increased. The total number of Clerk Craft employees on Sept....
Arbitrator Blasts Management In BMC Staffing Case
January 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
The APWU won an important grievance involving maintenance Craft staffing at Bulk Mail Centers on Oct. 19, when Arbitrator Ira Jaffe issued a...
Looking Back, Going Forward After a Year of Progress
January 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
Welcome to 2016! I trust all members had a safe and prosperous holiday period.
As we begin 2016, I would like to share a short review of the...
Why We Don’t Have a New Contract Yet
January 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
The question can be heard throughout the APWU: Why don’t we have a new contract yet?