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Your Work During the Election Matters: A Message to Every Postal Worker
November 4, 2024
Dear Union Family, as we approach Election Day, I want to take a moment to remind you that if you have not voted, to please take time to do so before the polls close tomorrow. I also want to acknowledge the incredible dedication and effort each of...
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.
Major Victory For Expanded Postal Services
July 26, 2018
On Wednesday, July 18, the APWU and our allies won a big victory by defeating an attempt to prohibit the Postal Service from expanding financial services. In a vote on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, an amendment to a government...
New Benefits Secured for Postal Support Employees (PSEs)
July 26, 2018
In the 2010 Collective Bargaining Agreement between the APWU and the US Postal Service, the parties established a “Workforce Benefits, Employment Opportunities, Training and Education Fund.” The purpose of the fund was to provide for the Postal...
Postal Banking is Successful Around the World - Could It Work Here?
July 24, 2018
(This article first appeared in the July-August 2018 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine)
Postal services across the world provide tried and tested and successful models for postal banking, or the provision of financial services via the...
A Bold Vision for the U.S. Postal Service
July 24, 2018
(This article first appeared in the July-August 2018 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine)
Speaking out for better, expanded postal services at
A Grand Alliance field hearing in Baltimore, MD, March 2016.
What if, instead of reducing hours...
Postal Support Employees Deserve Better
July 24, 2018
(This article first appeared in the July-August 2018 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine)
By Health Plan Director John Marcotte
The USPS continues to fall short in its obligation to provide Postal Support Employees (PSEs) health insurance...