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Upcoming Proposed Flexible Spending Account Changes
October 30, 2024
The APWU was recently notified of the proposed change to the FSA (Flexible Spending Account) administrator. FSA is an important negotiated benefit as it allows employees to put aside “pre-tax” dollars for certain medical and dependent care expenses.
Starkest Threat to Veterans' Benefits Is Project 2025, Another Trump Administration
October 23, 2024
More than 30,000 APWU members are Veterans, and many more have Veterans in their families or among their close friends. With Election Day drawing near, it’s important for APWU members to understand that Veterans’ issues are on the ballot once again...
e-Team Report, Aug. 9, 2013
August 9, 2013
APWU, Postal Unions: Carper-Coburn Bill an Assault on Postal Employee Benefits
Sen. Bernie Sanders Says S. 1486 Backtracks on Postal Reform, “Makes no Sense”
Postal Customers Get it - Why Can’t Some Members of Congress?
Senators Seek to Pass Law to...
USPS Issues Stamps Honoring Workers, But What About Its Own?
August 9, 2013
The Postal Service’s release on Aug. 8 of a series stamps featuring iconic images of the workers who built the nation’s bridges, railways, and skyscrapers almost a century ago is more than a little ironic, the APWU noted. ”We’re pleased that the...
Senate Postal Bill Jeopardizes Healthcare, Retirement Benefits
August 6, 2013
A bill introduced by Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE) and Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) on Aug. 1 would jeopardize the healthcare and retirement benefits of postal employees by giving arbitrators the authority to remove them from the Federal Employees Health...
Next Step in APWU’s TV Ad Campaign
August 5, 2013
The APWU has launched the next phase of its television ad campaign, with spots airing on NBC Nightly News, CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News.
ALSO: As a result of the recent Supreme Court decision that overturned the Defense of Marriage Act, same-sex spouses...
In Letter to Senate Majority Leader, Postal Unions Seethe Over Carper-Coburn Bill
August 5, 2013
The four postal unions sent a joint letter to Senate Majority Harry Reid on Aug. 5 expressing “utter dismay” at the introduction of S. 1486, the postal bill co-sponsored by Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE) and Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK), the chair and ranking...